Exo 12:22 | KingComments | STEP | Moses orders to slay the Passover lamb. Its blood must be collected in a basin and applied to the doorposts and lintel with hyssop. Hyssop speaks of man’s smallness, his insignificance ( ). The application of the blood to the doorposts and lintel shelters all those within that household. It is God’s value of the blood which is important. Blood makes God great and man small. The LORD goes through Egypt to smite it. Smiting the firstborn means smiting the whole land of Egypt. Until the Israelites leave, they are part of Egypt. They are also subject to judgment. The LORD will not allow the destroyer to enter a house with a door to which the blood has been applied.

‏ Exodus 12:22

Order to Kill the Passover Lamb

Moses orders to slay the Passover lamb. Its blood must be collected in a basin and applied to the doorposts and lintel with hyssop. Hyssop speaks of man’s smallness, his insignificance (1Kgs 4:33a). The application of the blood to the doorposts and lintel shelters all those within that household. It is God’s value of the blood which is important. Blood makes God great and man small.

The LORD goes through Egypt to smite it. Smiting the firstborn means smiting the whole land of Egypt. Until the Israelites leave, they are part of Egypt. They are also subject to judgment. The LORD will not allow the destroyer to enter a house with a door to which the blood has been applied.