Exodus 12:21-28

This story is set in the context of Israel in captivity in Egypt. God, working through Moses and Aaron, has brought plagues to Egypt. The only way for the people of Israel to avoid the plague of the death of the firstborn is to sacrifice a lamb and take the blood of the lamb and put that blood on the top and both sides of the door frames of their homes. The sacrificed lamb became known as the passover lamb. This story would be remembered by God’s people in the passover feast every subsequent year. This illustrates the point that we need to be sprinkled with the blood of the lamb in order to receive salvation.