26And when your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?'


In Context

23 When the Lord goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.

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

25 When you enter the land that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony.

26 And when your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?'

27 then tell them, 'It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord , who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.' " Then the people bowed down and worshiped.

28 The Israelites did just what the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron.

Exodus 12:26 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:26And when your children shall say to you: What is the meaning of this service?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say to you, What mean ye by this service?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say to you, What mean you by this service?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:26It will happen, when your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this service?'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:26and it hath come to pass when your sons say unto you, What is this service ye have?

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:26And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say to you, What mean you by this service?