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


In Context

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?'

27 that you shall say, 'It is the sacrifice of Yahweh's Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, and spared our houses.'| The people bowed their heads and worshiped.

28 The children of Israel went and did so; as Yahweh had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

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 New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:26And when your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?'

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 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?