Luke Chapter 2 (Expounded)
1) An event began to happen during the time that Yochanan was born and began to grow. A decree went out from Caesar... 2541 Kaisar {kah'-ee-sar} - Latin for "severed" - the surname of Julius Caesar that was adopted by Octavious Augustus and his successors; and afterwards became a title which was appropriated by the Roman emperors as part of their title... Augustus... 828 Augoustos {ow'-goos-tos} - latin for "venerable" - a title which was conferred on Roman emperors... which said that all the world... 3625 oikoumene {oy-kou-men'-ay} - all the Roman empire... was to be taxed... 583 apographo {ap-og-raf'-o} - was to be written down... enrolled... registered in the written records of a census...
2) This taxing... this registration... was first made when Cyrenius... Kureinos {koo-ray'-nee-os} - "warrior" - the Greek form of the Roman name Quirinus... was governor of Syria... whose full name is Publius Sulpicus Quirinus - He was purported to have been governor of Syria twice. His first governorship was from 4 B.C. to 1 B.C. During which he was sent to accomplish the census enrollment that caused Yoseph and Mariam to be in Bethlehem; and his second began in 6 A.D. During which a second census took place. As is seen in Acts 5:37...
3) All went to be taxed... all within the domain of Rome went to be enrolled in the census... everyone went to his own city... 4172 polis {pol'-is} - to his own native city...
4) Yoseph also went up from the region of Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth and into the region of Iudea, to the city of David that is called Bethlehem... 965 Bethleem {bayth-leh-em'} - Hebrew term for "house of bread" - a village about six miles (10 Kilometers) south of Yerushalem... because he was from the house and lineage of David.
5) To be registered in the census along with his espoused wife who was huge with an unborn child.
6) So it was, while they were there in Bethlehem, that the time was fulfilled in which she was to give birth;
7) And she brought out her firstborn son. She wrapped him in swaddling cloths... 4683 sparganoo {spar-gan-o'-o} - a swathing or swaddling band... strips of cloth wrapped in such a way as to limit movement... and laid him in a manger... 536 phatne {fat'-nay} - a manger or crib... a box that is made, or a hollowed out place, where food for livestock is place for them to eat... because there was no room for them to be able to stay at any lodging place for travelers.
8) There were, in the same region of towns and villages that surrounded Yerushalem, shepherds who were living under the open sky out in the fields; and guarding their flocks during the nighttime hours.
9) It was during this night that a messenger sent by Yahweh came to them and stood over them while they sat watching over their flocks; and the glory... the splendor... the brightness... of Yahweh shone all around them... the brightness of Yahweh lit up the area around the messenger and the shepherds he came to deliver his message to... and the shepherds were terrified.
10) The messenger from Yahweh said to them: Have no fear. Look! I bring to you good news of great importance and the cause for much rejoicing. Which will be so for all people.
11) I say this to you because on this day, in the city of David... in Bethlehem... there has been born a savior... 4990 sotare {so-tare'} - a deliverer... a preserver... who is the Anointed One of Yahweh.
12) This sign... 4592 semeion {say-mi'-on} - a sign... a mark... a token... an unusual occurrence... by which a thing or individual is known and recognized as different from all others... is for you. You will, after searching, find the baby. He will be wrapped in swaddling cloths and will be lying in a manger... 5336 phatne - a place from where animals eat their food...
13) Suddenly there was, together with the messenger from Yahweh who was standing there, a multitude of the host of... the great number of those existing within... heaven... the place where Yahweh resides and where His True Order exists... praising Yahweh; and saying:
14) All Praises to Yahweh Most High! And: The peace of Yahweh is now on earth showing His good will toward mankind!...
15) It happened, as the messengers who had been sent by Yahweh left the presence of the shepherds to go back to the heavenly place where Yahweh dwells, that the shepherds who had been visited by them said to one another: Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has begun to happen which Yahweh has made us aware of.
16) They then came to Bethlehem with haste; and while they were looking, they discovered Mariam, and Yoseph, and the baby lying in a manger.
17) When they had seen for themselves what the messenger from Yahweh had revealed to them, they made known all around... 1232 diagnorizo {dee-ag-no-rid'-zo} - they told everyone they met and made a public declaration of... they openly spoke of what had been told to them by the messengers from Yahweh about the child they had looked for; and found... Who was the anointed savior sent by Yahweh that was to show Yahweh's Shalom and goodwill toward mankind...
18) All those, who heard these things, wondered... 2296 thaumazo {thou-mad'-zo} - wondered at... were possessed by mixed feelings of of curiosity, doubt, amazement and admiration... at what the shepherds told them.
19) Mariam, however, kept all these things... 4933 suntereo {soon-tay-reh'-o} - kept all the things that had taken place in her life within the last nine months... within her mind; and pondered... 4820 sumballo {soom-bal'-lo} - and brought all of those things together... in her heart... in the place where her thoughts, feelings, and decision makings were generated from...
20) The shepherds returned to their flocks. Magnifying Yahweh with their praises because of all the things they had heard and seen... Which were just as had been told to them by the messenger sent from Yahweh and the host from heaven that had spoken of the Shalom and goodwill shown by Yahweh toward mankind...
21) When eights days had passed since the birth of the child, he was circumcised; and he was named Yahushua... H3091 Yehowshuwa` {yeh-ho-shoo'-ah} - a hebrew language term which means "Yahweh is salvation"... He was named this because of the instructions given by the messenger from Yahweh who appeared to his mother, Mariam, before he was conceived in his mother's womb.
Note: Luke, a man completely of Greek upbringing and education, was educated furthur by Yahweh having opened up his understanding and awareness; and he completely understood the Way of Yahushua... He, a heathen by the standards of the order of the Jews existing in his time, understood circumcision in its correct context: A sign of the covenant made between Yahweh and Abraham and all descendants of Abraham who knew, or discovered and then comprehended who they were as descendants of Abraham...
Genesis 17:1-15 And when Abram...0087 `Abram [ag-rawm'} - "exalted father"... was ninety years old and nine, Yahweh appeared to Abram, and said unto him, I am the Almighty... 7706 Shadday {shad-dah'-ee} - I am the almighty... I am the most powerful... God... 0410 `el {ale} - god... mighty one... I am El Shaddai... I am the most powerful Mighty One.... Walk... 1980 halak {haw-lak`} - proceed on with your manner of living life... before me; and be perfect... 8549 tamiym {taw-meem} - and be complete... and be without blemish... and be what is completely and entirely in accord... echad... with My Truth and Order... 2 And I will make my covenant between Me and you; and I will multiply you... 7235 rabah {raw-baw} - and I will make much of you... exceedingly... 3966 me`od {meh-ode'} - greatly... to a great degree... 3 And Abram fell on his face; and Elohim talked with him, by saying this: 4 As for Me... Concerning what is to be My part of this covenant..., Look, see and understand, that My covenant is with you; and that you will be a father... 0001 `ab {awb} - you will be the head, or, the principal beginner... of many nations...1471 gowy {go'-ee} - many people... many nations of people... 5 Neither will your name any more be called Abram... "exalted, or respected father"...; but instead, your name will be Abraham... 0085 `Abraham {ab-raw-hawm'} - "father of a multitude", or, "chief of a multitude"... ; for a father... 0001 `ab {awb} - a head, or, a principal beginner... of many nations... of many people... of many nations of people... have I made you... have I designated you to be... 6 I will make you to be exceedingly fruitful; and I will make nations... I will make nations of people... of... from... you; and kings will come out from you. 7 I will establish my covenant between Me and you; and with your seed... and with your descendants... after you, in their generations. For an everlasting covenant. To be an Elohim... To be a final and ultimate authority fro all things... to you; and to your descendants that will exist after you. 8 And I will give to you and to your seed... your descendants who will exist after you..., the land in which you are now a stranger. All of the land of Canaan... 3667 Kena`an {ken-ah'-an} - "lowland"... For an everlasting possession; and I will be their Elohim... and I will be the final and ultimate authority in all things for your descendants... 9 Further, Yahweh said to Abraham: You will keep... 8104 shamar {shaw-mar'} - You will have charge... the task, or duty of... my covenant therefore... You will have the task, or duty of all that is a part my covenant because I have made this covenant with you... ,and with your descendants who will live after you have died, in their generations. 10 This is My covenant. Which you will keep... 8104 sahamr {shaw-mar'} - Which you will have the charge of paying diligent, careful attention to... , between Me, and you, and your descendants who will come into existence after you. Every man child among you will be circumcised... 4135 muwl {mool}... 11 And you... all of you... will circumcise... 5243 namal {naw-mal'} - will cut off... the flesh of your foreskin... 6190 `orlah {or-law'}...; and it... and this cutting off of the foreskin... will be a token... 0226 `owth {oth} - a sign... a distinguishing mark... of the covenant between Me and you. 12 And he that is eight days old will be circumcised among you. Every man child in your generations. He who has been born in the house... He who is a member of the household by birth..., or, he who is not of your lineage and is bought by anyone of your house from any stranger... 1121 ben {bane} 5236 nekar {nay-kawr'} - from any son of a foreigner to your lineage..., with money. 13 He that is born into your house, and he who is bought with your money, must needs be circumcised... 4135 muwl {mool} - must be, or must let himself be circumcised...; and My covenant will be in your flesh... and My covenant will be a mark... and My covenant will be a sign... for... of... an everlasting covenant. 14 Furthermore, the uncircumcised man child. Any male child, whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul will be cut off... 3772 karath {kaw-rath'} - removed... eliminated... from his people... 5971 `am {am} - from membership among those of his kindred and from his nation of people... He will not be viewed, by Me, as one of your descendants with whom I have made this everlasting covenant... For he has broken my covenant...
*** The future of the man child of Israel is in the hands, and the hearts, of those who know to do this thing; and are the decision makers for this child at a time when the child has no understanding. Further, if the child grows up uncircumcised and decides for himself to be obedient to this covenant when he is able to do so, then the burden of accomplishing the obedience to Yahweh becomes his own burden. A later in life circumcision such as that of Ishmael at age thirteen and not rebellious to his father, or, even that of Titus in obedience to the apostle Shaul, is an example of this. Luke had a complete understanding regarding this...
22) When the days of her purification were fulfilled according to the instructions of Moses, they then brought Yahushua to Yerushalem to present... 3936 paristemi {par-is-tay'-mee} - to place him at the disposal of... Yahweh.
23) Just as it is written of in the torah... in the instructions given by Yahweh for His chosen, set apart people... : Every male that opens the matrix will be called... will carry the title or name... of Holy... 40 Hagios {hag'-ee-os} - a Most Holy thing... to Yahweh.
24) And to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the torah of Yahweh: a pair of turtledoves, or, two young pigeons.
A reference to Leviticus 12:1-8
And Yahweh spoke unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, If a woman have conceived seed, and born a man child: then she shall be unclean seven days; according to the days of the separation for her infirmity shall she be unclean. 3 And in the eighth day the flesh of his foreskin shall be circumcised. 4 And she shall then continue in the blood of her purifying three and thirty days; she shall touch no hallowed thing, nor come into the sanctuary, until the days of her purifying be fulfilled. 5 But if she bear a girl child, then she shall be unclean for two weeks, just as she does in her separation: and she shall continue in the blood of her purifying threescore and six days. 6 And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb of the first year for a burnt offering, and a young pigeon, or a turtledove, for a sin offering, unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, unto the priest: 7 Who shall offer it before Yahweh, and make an atonement for her; and she shall be cleansed from the issue of her blood. This is the law for her that hath born a male or a female. 8 And if she be not able to bring a lamb, then she shall bring two turtle doves, or two young pigeons; the one for the burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make an atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
25) And see with your mind and understand that there was a man in Yerushalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was just, and devout, and waiting for the consolation of Israel to appear according to the prophecies; and the Hagios Pneuma... the Most Holy, Rational Spirit of Yahweh's Order and Nature... was on Him.
26) It was revealed to him, by the Most Holy Rational Spirit of Yahweh, that he would not see... that he would not experience... death before he had seen... before he had physically seen, comprehended, and experienced... Yahweh's promised Anointed One.
27) He came, because of the inspiration of the Spirit of Yahweh, into the temple; and when the parents of the child, Yahushua, brought him in to do for him according to the customs of the instructions given by Yahweh to Moses for Israel... the torah...,
28) He picked the child up in his arms and spoke praises to Yahweh, and said:
29) Lord... 1203 despotes {des-pot'-ace} - Master... You who possess supreme authority over me... Hebrew equivalent of the hebrew term Elohim... Now detain your servant no longer from departing in peace. According to your word to me.
30) For my eyes have seen Your salvation.
31) Which You have prepared before the face... in the presence of... in front of the faces of... all people.
32) A light to enlighten the Gentiles... 1484 ethnos {eth'-nos} - the nations of people foriegn to Israel and not aware of or comprehending the nature of Yahweh...
33) Yoseph, the father of the baby, and Mariam his mother, wondered at the words that were spoken about their baby boy by this man.
34) Then Simeon spoke a blessing on them. Then he said to Mariam, Yahushua's mother: See with your mind and understand that this one is set ... 2749 keimai {ki'-mahee} - is destined for... has been appointed for... has been set in place by Yahweh for... the fall... 4431 ptosis {pto'-sis} - the falling... the downfall... and rising up again... 386 anastasis { an-as'-tas-is} - the rising up... the resurrection... of many in Israel... NOTE: In the Israel that is made up of the twelve tribes or nations that had been and would continue to be scattered amongst all other nations on the earth...; and he has also been set in place for... he is also to be a... sign... a mark... a distinguishing characteristic found in someone... that will be spoken against.
35) Yes, Mariam, a sword will pierce through your own soul also... Yes, Mariam, you also will fall... All that you think, feel, and decide will be found to be inadequate because of this son of yours; and it will be this way... so that the thoughts of many hearts can be revealed.
*** The innermost thoughts of anyone are revealed through their decisions made and actions taken as a result...
36) There was also someone who was named Anna. A prophetess who was the daughter of Phanuel 5323 {fan-oo-ale'} - "the face of El" - from H6439 Penuw'el {pen-oo-ale'} or Peniy'el {pen-ee-ale'} - "facing El"... from the tribe of Asher. She was of a great age... she was very old...; and she had lived with a husband for seven years since her virginity.
37) She was a widow of four score and four years... She was a widow for eighty four years... who did not leave the temple; but worshiped with prayers and fastings night and day.
38) She, appearing at that instant, gave thanks likewise, as Simeon had done, to Yahweh; and spoke of him... spoke of the baby, Yahushua, whom she had seen and known for Who and What He was and would be... to all of those who looked for redemption in Yerushalem.
39) And when they... Yahushua's parents... had accomplished all things according to the torah of Yahweh regarding the birth of their son, they returned to the region of Galilee; and to their own city of Nazareth.
40) And the child grew up; and grew strong in spirit... the child grew mature, decisive, and steadfast in the way that he thought and felt about things, and in the decisions that he made in his life... He was filled with wisdom; and the grace of Yahweh was on Him.
41) Now, his parents went to Yerushalem every year at the time of the feast of the Passover... at the time of the memorial observance of the Passover of the homes of those obedient to Yahweh's instructions by Yahweh's messenger of death when Yahweh used Moses and Aaron to take enslaved Israel out from under the rule of the Pharoah and people of Egypt; and the immediately following seven day Feast of Unleavened Bread...
42) When he was twelve years of age they went up to Yerushalem according to the custom of the feast.
43) When they had completed the number of days required for the feasts; and as they were returning to Nazareth, the child Yahushua remained in Yerushalem. Yahushua's mother and Yoseph were not aware of this.
44) They traveled a days journey away from Yerushalem before looking for him because they thought Yahushua was in the company of travelers they were with; and they looked for him amongst their kinfolk and acquaintances that were on the same journey.
45) When they could not locate him, they turned back toward Yerushalem while continuing to look for him.
46) After three days of searching they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the master teachers who spoke and taught the things of Yahweh to Israel, both listening to them as they spoke and asking them questions;
47) And all who heard him were astonished... 1839 existemi {ex-is'-tay-mee} - they were removed from their calm state of mind and were beside themselves... because of his understanding... 4907 suneisis {soon'-es-is} - because of the way that his knowledge and understanding flowed together... and answers... and because of his replies to their questions as they tested him...
48) When Yoseph and Mariam saw Yahushua, they were amazed... 1605 ekplesso {ek-place'-so} - they were struck, with panic and shock, out of their normal demeanor at having found him in such a place and engaged in such an activity...
*** They did not know what to think or how to react. No one simply engaged in common conversation with those who were so wise and learned. Especially not a twelve year old boy. For he was not expected to be mature enough to handle, within his mind, the complexities of the deep things hidden within the scriptures that the masters themselves were able to teach and form opinions on... Surely thoughts of accountability for this young boy must have formed in the minds of Yoseph and Mariam. For, according to normal thoughts of parents, they knew that they must give an answer for his actions of impertinence to the master teachers of all Israel that he was sitting in the midst of; and apparently. according to their perceptions, casually chatting with... They must have felt somewhat out of place in such an honored gathering. As they must have apologized and asked for the indulgence of the masters who were there while they collected their son from amongst them...
His mother said to him: Son! Why have you behaved in this manner and caused all of this anxiety and distress to happen? Do you understand that your father and I have been searching for you with sorrow in our hearts?
49) Yahushua replied to their questions and reprimands, by saying: How is it that you searched for me? Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business?... Don't you understand that it is necessary for me to be with my Father in what He began?...
50) They did not understand the meaning of what He said to them.
51) He went with down from Yerushalem with them and returned to Nazareth; and he was subject to them. ... he willingly submitted to their control as parents over him... But his mother kept all these sayings... 4933 suntereo {soon-tay-reh'-o} - His mother remembered and kept all the things that had taken place, and that had been said since before Yahushua's birth, in her heart... 2588 kardia {kar-dee'-ah} - in the place where her thoughts, feelings, and decision makings were generated from...
52) And Yahushua increased in wisdom and stature; and in the loving kindness and good will that he received from Yahweh and mankind.
The following relates to verses 41- 43; and explains, in context, the reason, order, and manner of their behavior regarding the memorial feasts of The Passover and Unleavened Bread...
The reason, order, and manner for the Passover:
Exodus 12:1-14 And Yahweh spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, by saying: 2 This month... this new moon and the days that follow until the next new moon... is to you the beginning of months... the beginning lunar cycle... it... this new moon together with the cycle of days that follows is the first month... the first new moon... the first lunar month... of the year to you. 3 Speak to all of the congregation of Israel, by saying this to them: During the tenth day of this moon cycle they are to take to them... they are to obtain... they are to acquire..., every man of the congregation of Israel, a lamb. According to the number of the households of all of the fathers living, a lamb for each household. 4 If the household is too small for the size of the lamb that has been acquired, then that father of that household and his neighbor who lives next to his house will take that lamb for themselves. This reckoning will be according to the number of the souls within the household. Every man... every father... according to his eating... according to the number of mouths that eat food in his household... shall make up the number of your count... will make up your estimate... for the lamb. 5 Your lamb will be without blemish; and a male of the first year. You will select it from the sheep, or from the goats. 6 You will keep it... You will watch over and care for it... up until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will kill those lambs in the evening... in the evening hours of that day... 7 They... each father of a household of the congregation of Israel... will take some of the blood from that lamb and put it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the doorways of the houses in which they will eat it. 8 They shall eat the flesh of that lamb in that night, roasted with fire. With unleavened bread and with things that taste bitter they shall eat it. 9 Do not eat any of it if it is raw, nor if it is cooked at all with water. Roast it instead with fire. Its head together with its legs, and with the inward parts of it. 10 You will let nothing of it remain until the morning... No leftovers... Whatever is left behind of it until the morning you are to burn with fire. 11 In this manner are you to eat this lamb: Your loins are to be girded... You will have a belt, or, band around your hips..., your shoes... your sandals... are to be on your feet; and your staff, that you use for support and balance when traveling from place to place, will be in your hand. You will eat this meal in haste. It is Yahweh's passover. 12 You will do this, in this manner, because I will pass through the land of Egypt this night. I will kill all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the elohim of Egypt I will execute judgment. I am Yahweh. 13 The blood of the lambs that will be killed for your households will be to you for a distinguishing mark upon the dwellings you are in. When I see the blood on the doorposts of the doorway, I will pass over you; and the plague of destruction will not be upon you and your household when I strike the land of Egypt. 14 This day will be to you for a memorial; and you will celebrate this memorial as a feast to Yahweh throughout your generations. You will celebrate it as a feast.... The memorial Feast of the Passover... Because it has been prescribed, by Me, to be a continually existing ordinance.
Thought Note: This was done during the hours prior to sundown... in the late afternoon hours... The blood was applied to the doorways and the lamb was roasted during those hours... How long does it take for the animal to bleed out and die after the knife is applied? How large is a lamb or kid of one year of size? How long does it take to skin a lamb or kid of this size? How long did it take to roast this entire lamb or kid over an open fire? How many hours?... Was it then eaten before sundown? No! If the instructions are followed according to Exodus 12:8 it was eaten after sundown during the beginning hours of the 15th day... Does the importance of killing the lamb on the 14th day and applying the blood to the doorposts overshadow the importance of when it was consumed? It is clear that the application of the blood to the doorway was to be done prior to consumption of the animal. Which was to be done during the night hours of the 15th day...
The reason, order, and manner of the Feast of Unleavened Bread:
Exodus 12:15-27 Seven days will you eat unleavened bread. Surely it will be that on the first day... beginning at sundown of the 15th day of the first lunar cycle of the year... you will put away leaven from out of your houses. For whoever eats leavened bread from the first day... the fifteenth day of the first lunar cycle of the year... until the seventh day of the feast... until the 21st day of the first lunar cycle of the year... that soul will be cut off... removed... separated... from Israel... from the nation of people who are the descendants of Yacob who was renamed Yisrael by Yahweh... 16 In the hours of the first day there will be an holy convocation... a set apart assembling together of all of you...; and in the seventh day there will also be an holy convocation... a set apart assembling together of all of you...; no manner of work shall be done in those two days except for the work which must be done for every one who must eat. That is the only work which may be done by any of you. 17 And you will all observe... give heed to ... celebrate the eating of... unleavened bread. For in this selfsame day... in this span of time... in this number of days... have I brought your host... I have brought all of you... out of the land of Egypt. For this reason you will celebrate this day... For this reason you will celebrate the eating of unleavened bread for this number of days at this time within each year... in all of your generations by My prescribing that it be an ordinance for ever. 18 In the first month... during the first lunar cycle of the year..., on the fourteenth day of the month at evening...
*** Note: Beginning at the evening hour of the 14th day. The hour which begins the 15th day of the month because of the setting of the sun...,
you will eat unleavened bread, until the twenty first day of the month at evening. 19 Seven days will there be no leaven found in your houses. Because whoever eats that which is leavened during that time of year, even that soul shall be cut off... removed... separated... no longer recognized as being... from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger... a foreigner who has been bought by a native born Israelite with money and then brought in... or an Israelite descendant who had been born outside of the promised land that had not yet been reached..., or born in the land...
A Note about the concept of foriegner as it may have been applied at this time:
At the time of this ordinance being given, the land promised to the people of Israel had not yet been entered into; and would not have been reached for at least forty more years...
20 You will eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations will you eat unleavened bread.
Application, by Moses, of the commandments regarding these two feasts. Given to him by Yahweh for all of the congregation of Israel
Exodus 12:21-27
21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them: Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. 22 You will take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason that has caught the blood of the lamb you have killed: and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason. None of you will go out through the door of his house until the morning. 23 For Yahweh will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts of the doorways, Yahweh will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you. 24 Ye will celebrate this thing as an ordinance, given by Yahweh, to you and to your sons for ever. 25 It shall happen that when you have come into the land which Yahweh will give to you, in accordance with what He has promised, that you will remember and do this service to Yahweh; 26 And it will happen in the future, when your children will say to you: What do you mean by this service to Yahweh? 27 That you will say to them: This memorial is because of the sacrifice of Yahweh's passover. For Yahweh passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He smote the Egyptians, and He delivered our households from the deaths that the destroyer caused in Egypt. Then, all of the people of the congregation of Israel who had heard the instructions of Yahweh given to them by Moses, bowed their heads and worshiped. 28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
The result of obedience to Yahweh... Salvation from Yahweh's destroyer. How many dead, old and young, there must have been in Egypt that night... Pharaoh himself was, obviously, not the firstborn of his father's children.
Exodus 12:29-30 29 And, it came to pass, that at midnight Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt. From the firstborn of the Pharaoh that sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive that was held prisoner in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. 30 Because of this, Pharaoh rose up in the night. He, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians in the land; and there was a great cry of distress in Egypt. For there was not a household or dwelling where there was not at least one killed.
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