26 (A)And when your children say to you, ‘[a]What does this rite mean to you?’ 27 then you shall say, ‘It is a Passover sacrifice to (B)the Lord because He passed over the houses of the sons of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians, but [b]spared our homes.’” (C)And the people bowed low and worshiped.

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  1. Exodus 12:26 Lit What is this service to you?
  2. Exodus 12:27 Lit delivered

26 And when your children(A) ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ 27 then tell them, ‘It is the Passover(B) sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’”(C) Then the people bowed down and worshiped.(D)

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And (A)you shall tell your son on that day, saying, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

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On that day tell your son,(A) ‘I do this because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

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14 (A)And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘(B)With [a]a powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of [b]slavery. 15 And it came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the (C)Lord put to death every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from human firstborns to animal firstborns. Therefore, I sacrifice to the Lord the males, every firstborn of a womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’

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  1. Exodus 13:14 Lit strength of hand
  2. Exodus 13:14 Lit slaves

14 “In days to come, when your son(A) asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ say to him, ‘With a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.(B) 15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord killed the firstborn of both people and animals in Egypt. This is why I sacrifice to the Lord the first male offspring of every womb and redeem each of my firstborn sons.’(C)

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“Only (A)be careful for yourself and watch over your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart (B)all the days of your life; but (C)make them known to your sons and your grandsons.

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Only be careful,(A) and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach(B) them to your children(C) and to their children after them.

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Former Times of Help and Present Troubles.

For the music director. A [a]Maskil of the sons of Korah.

44 God, we have heard with our ears,
Our (A)fathers have told us
The (B)work that You did in their days,
In the (C)days of old.

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  1. Psalm 44 Title Possibly Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm

Psalm 44[a]

For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A maskil.[b]

We have heard it with our ears,(A) O God;
    our ancestors have told us(B)
what you did in their days,
    in days long ago.(C)

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  1. Psalm 44:1 In Hebrew texts 44:1-26 is numbered 44:2-27.
  2. Psalm 44:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

For He established a (A)testimony in Jacob,
And appointed a (B)law in Israel,
Which He (C)commanded our fathers
That they were to [a](D)teach them to their children,

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  1. Psalm 78:5 Lit make them known

He decreed statutes(A) for Jacob(B)
    and established the law in Israel,
which he commanded our ancestors
    to teach their children,

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(A)Tell your sons about it,
And have your sons tell their sons,
And their sons the next generation.

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Tell it to your children,(A)
    and let your children tell it to their children,
    and their children to the next generation.(B)

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