Part 7 in the series "Exodus-Shaped"
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In this second part of three lessons covering the monolith of the Passover, we discuss passover-as-baptism, so to speak. Why is the Passover teaching, which are the first collective commandments Moses ever gives Israel, taught so closely to laws concerning the firstborn? Why is the theme of the firstborn so prevalent in Exodus, or the Bible? In other words, what kind of identity does Passover impart?