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    The blood on the doors during the Passover was not actually a sign for the Angel of Death, as is commonly assumed, but was instead explicitly described in Exodus 12:13 as a "sign for you" - meaning the Israelites. The blood served as a sign for the Israelites that God would "pass over" and spare them, if they put the blood of the lamb on their doorposts. God then commanded the Israelites to annually observe the Passover as an ordinance forever, using it as a sign to remember God's deliverance from bondage in Egypt.

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    The blood on the doors during the Passover was not actually a sign for the Angel of Death, as is commonly assumed, but was instead explicitly described in Exodus 12:13 as a "sign for you" - meaning the Israelites. The blood served as a sign for the Israelites that God would "pass over" and spare them, if they put the blood of the lamb on their doorposts. God then commanded the Israelites to annually observe the Passover as an ordinance forever, using it as a sign to remember God's deliverance from bondage in Egypt.

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    The Passover Sign

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    The blood on the doors during the Passover was not actually a sign for the Angel of Death, as is commonly assumed, but was instead explicitly described in Exodus 12:13 as a "sign for you" - meaning the Israelites. The blood served as a sign for the Israelites that God would "pass over" and spare them, if they put the blood of the lamb on their doorposts. God then commanded the Israelites to annually observe the Passover as an ordinance forever, using it as a sign to remember God's deliverance from bondage in Egypt.

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    The Passover Sign – for who?

    Many who are familiar with this account assume that the blood on the doors was a sign
    for the Angel of Death. But notice the curious detail in the account.

    The LORD said to Moses … ” … I am the LORD. The blood [of the Passover lamb] will
    be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass
    over you. (Exodus 12:13)
    So, though the LORD was looking for the blood on the door, and when He saw it He
    would pass over, the blood was not a sign for Him. It says quite clearly, that the blood
    was a ‘sign for you’ – i.e. the people. And by extension it is a Sign for all of us who read
    this account. But how is it a sign? After this event happened the LORD commanded
    them to:

    Celebrate this day as a lasting ordinance for generations to come. When you enter
    the land … observe this ceremony… It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD’ (Exodus
    12:27)

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