Hebrews 11:28
Cross References

By faith he celebrated the pasch and the shedding of the blood: that he who destroyed the firstborn might not touch them.

Exodus 12:13
And the blood shall be unto you for a sign in the houses where you shall be; and I shall see the blood, and shall pass over you; and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I shall strike the land of Egypt.

Exodus 12:21
And Moses called all the ancients of the children of Israel, and said to them: Go take a lamb by your families, and sacrifice the Phase.

Exodus 12:23
For the Lord will pass through striking the Egyptians: and when he shall see the blood on the transom, and on both the posts, he will pass over the door of the house, and not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses and to hurt you.

Exodus 12:29
And it came to pass at midnight, the Lord slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharao, who sat on his throne, unto the firstborn of the captive woman that was in the prison, and all the firstborn of cattle.

1 Corinthians 10:10
Neither do you murmur, as some of them murmured and were destroyed by the destroyer.

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By faith he celebrated the pasch and the shedding of the blood: that he who destroyed the firstborn might not touch them.

he kept.

Exodus 12:3-14,21-30 Speak ye to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, and say to them: On the tenth day of this month let every man take a lamb by their families and houses. . . .

the sprinkling.

Hebrews 9:19 For when every commandment of the law had been read by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people.

Hebrews 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new testament, and to the sprinkling of blood which speaketh better than that of Abel.

Exodus 12:7,13,23 And they shall take of the blood thereof, and put it upon both the side posts, and on the upper door posts of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. . . .

1 Peter 1:2 According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, unto the sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace unto you and peace be multiplied.

Context
The Faith of Moses
27By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the fierceness of the king: for he endured, as seeing him that is invisible. 28By faith he celebrated the pasch and the shedding of the blood: that he who destroyed the firstborn might not touch them. 29By faith they passed through the Red Sea, as by dry land: which the Egyptians attempting, were swallowed up.…
Lexicon
By faith
Πίστει (Pistei)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4102: Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.

he kept
πεποίηκεν (pepoiēken)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 4160: (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.

the
τὸ (to)
Article - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Passover
πάσχα (pascha)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 3957: The feast of Passover, the Passover lamb. Of Chaldee origin; the Passover.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

sprinkling
πρόσχυσιν (proschysin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4378: A pouring upon, an effusion, a sprinkling. From a comparative of pros and cheo; a shedding forth, i.e. Affusion.

of blood,
αἵματος (haimatos)
Noun - Genitive Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 129: Blood, literally, figuratively or specially; by implication, bloodshed, also kindred.

so that
ἵνα (hina)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2443: In order that, so that. Probably from the same as the former part of heautou; in order that.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

destroyer
ὀλοθρεύων (olothreuōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 3645: To destroy, cause to perish. From olethros; to spoil, i.e. Slay.

[of] the
τὰ (ta)
Article - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

firstborn
πρωτότοκα (prōtotoka)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 4416: First-born, eldest. From protos and the alternate of tikto; first-born.

would not touch
θίγῃ (thigē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2345: A prolonged form of an obsolete primary thigo; to manipulate, i.e. Have to do with; by implication, to injure.

[Israel’s own] [ firstborn ].
αὐτῶν (autōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.


Additional Translations
By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.

By faith he has kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the one destroying the firstborn would not touch them.

Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

By faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.

By faith he celebrated the passover and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.

By faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.

Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the first-born should touch them.

Through faith he instituted the Passover, and the sprinkling with blood so that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch the Israelites.

By faith, he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.

by faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that He who is destroying the first-born might not touch them.
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