What happensPermalink
God institutes the Hebrew calendar and the Passover feast. It is a meal of roasted lamb or goat with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, eaten ready to travel. God kills all the Egyptian firstborns, and Israel leaves Egypt.
Why it mattersPermalink
The Passover becomes a symbol of God’s mercy and power, and its laws lead us to the greatest Passover of all, the Last Supper, where the firstborn of all creation, Jesus, is Himself the sacrifice.
Key versePermalink
And on that very day the Lord brought the people of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their hosts.