23 When the Lord comes by to strike down the Egyptians and sees the blood on the beam above the door and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over that door. He won’t let the destroyer enter your houses to strike you down.
24 You should observe this ritual as a regulation for all time for you and your children.
25 When you enter the land that the Lord has promised to give you, be sure that you observe this ritual.
26 And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ritual mean to you?’
27 you will say, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, for the Lord passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt. When he struck down the Egyptians, he spared our houses.’" The people then bowed down and worshipped.
28 The Israelites went and did exactly what the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron to do.
29 At midnight the Lord struck down all the first offspring in the land of Egypt, from the oldest child of Pharaoh sitting on his throne to the oldest child of the prisoner in jail, and all the first offspring of the animals.