24You shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons forever.


In Context

21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, |Draw out, and take lambs according to your families, and kill the Passover.

22 You shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.

23 For Yahweh will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two doorposts, Yahweh will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you.

24 You shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons forever.

25 It shall happen when you have come to the land which Yahweh will give you, according as he has promised, that you shall keep this service.

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

Exodus 12:24 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:24And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:24"Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:24Thou shalt keep this thing as a law for thee and thy children for ever.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:24And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:24And ye shall observe this as an ordinance for thee and for thy sons for ever.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:24And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:24And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:24And ye have observed this thing, for a statute to thee, and to thy sons — unto the age;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:24And you shall observe this thing for an ordinance to you and to your sons for ever.