Exodus
Old TestamentPassover
A meal eaten in haste
The night that becomes Israel's founding festival, and later the setting of Jesus' last meal.
Reading plan
How the story unfolds
- 1
The lamb
Instructions are given for the lamb and the doorposts.
- 2
The night itself
Israel eats dressed for travel.
- 3
A perpetual ordinance
The meal is commanded as an annual remembrance.