Now that we have read all the verses about the Passover, let's look at what it means and was for.
The Passover is one of the biggest and most important festivals for all Jewish people.
This is also one of the most widely celebrated festivals by Jews.
This festival was to commemorate what happened to the Hebrews in Egypt, and their freedom from bondage by being slaves.
“This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast. Exodus 12:14
14 And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘With a powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery. Exodus 13:14
The name of the festival comes from the name of God's angel of death "passing over" which is talked about in Exodus.
13 The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will come upon you [p]to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. Exodus 12:13
In Exodus, there are 10 plagues.
6 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for under compulsion he will let them go, and [b]under compulsion he will drive them out of his land.” Exodus 6:1
Plagues according to dictionary.com says, an epidemic disease that causes high mortality; pestilence, or to trouble, annoy, or torment in any manner.
These are two definitions that fit what we are talking about the best.
The last plague was the death of the firstborn.
So this was to remember all that happened during that time of the death and the freedom from bondage.
Names of festivals and such had great importance in the Bible, as you can tell by the Passover.
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