“Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.”
Exodus 12:22
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Connection with Lot's door in Sodom
The doorway here, petach in Hebrew, is the same word used for Lot's door in Genesis 19. On the Passover night Israel stayed behind the door until morning, and the LORD "will pass over that doorway" so the destroyer could not enter (Exodus 12:23).
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By faith Moses kept the Passover and sprinkling of blood
“By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.”
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