24 "Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants.

Other Translations of Exodus 12:24

King James Version

24 And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.

English Standard Version

24 You shall observe this rite as a statute for you and for your sons forever.

The Message

24 "Keep this word. It's the law for you and your children, forever.

New King James Version

24 And you shall observe this thing as an ordinance for you and your sons forever.

New Living Translation

24 "Remember, these instructions are a permanent law that you and your descendants must observe forever.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 12:24

Commentary on Exodus 12:21-28

(Read Exodus 12:21-28)

That night, when the first-born were to be destroyed, no Israelite must stir out of doors till called to march out of Egypt. Their safety was owing to the blood of sprinkling. If they put themselves from under the protection of that, it was at their peril. They must stay within, to wait for the salvation of the Lord; it is good to do so. In after-times they should carefully teach their children the meaning of this service. It is good for children to ask about the things of God; they that ask for the way will find it. The keeping of this solemnity every year was, 1. To look backward, that they might remember what great things God had done for them and their fathers. Old mercies, to ourselves, or to our fathers, must not be forgotten, that God may be praised, and our faith in him encouraged. 2. It was designed to look forward, as an earnest of the great sacrifice of the Lamb of God in the fulness of time. Christ our passover was sacrificed for us; his death was our life.