Read Exodus 12:21-51 at Bible Gateway.
The teaching tools of scripture
Hebrew paragraph divisions
Exo 12:21-28 {s} Israel observed the Passover as YHVH had commanded Moses
Exo 12:29-36 {p} Final plague: death of the firstborn
Exo 12:37-42 {p} Israel ceased their sojourn in Egypt
Exo 12:43-50 {s} The ordinance of the Passover
Exo 12:51 {p} YHVH brought Israel out of Egypt
Strong themes of the parashah
Exo 12:21-36 {s+p} The final plague, the death of the firstborn
Exo 12:37-42 {p} Israel ceased their sojourn in Egypt
Exo 12:43-51 {s+p} By the Passover, YHVH brought Israel out of Egypt
Exo 12:21-51 chiastic structure
Theme of the parashah
By the final plague, the death of the firstborn, YHVH delivered Israel and brought them out of Egypt.
Finding Messiah in Pesach
Finding Messiah in the Passover instructions
Additional readings for the parashah
Jos 3:5-7, 5:2-6:1, 6:27 | Joh 19:31-20:1
Studies in Pesach
Exo 12:1-20 Passover instructions
Exo 12:21-36 Strong theme
Exo 12:37-51 Moses wrote about Messiah
Exo chapters 1 through 12 chiastic structure
Biblical chronology thorn: 430 years sojourning
Passover and transferring the faith to the next generation
Why, when, and how we celebrate Passover
Further study off site
(parashah Pesach falls within parashah Bo)
Bo – Restoration of Torah (pdf format)
Bo Torah Pearls – Nehemiah Gordon and Keith Johnson
Ten Egyptian plagues for ten Egyptian gods and goddesses
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