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Exd 12:42 — It [is] a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this [is] that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

a night to be much observed		Heb. a night of observations.
observed		Exd 12:14; Deu 16:1-6

Correlating Passages

observed

	Exd 12:14	And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
	Deu 16:1	Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
	Deu 16:2	Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.
	Deu 16:3	Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, [even] the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
	Deu 16:4	And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there [any thing] of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
	Deu 16:5	Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:
	Deu 16:6	But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.

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Scott, Thomas. "Exodus 12:42," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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