11-02

Each family

Every Egyptian and Israelite family had to select and kill a lamb in the way that God told them to do it. If any family obeyed and did this, God would not kill their firstborn son.

11-03

to put the blood of this lamb around the door of their houses

The Israelites put the blood on the frame of the door of their houses to show that they had killed the lamb just as God told them to do.

unleavened bread

Unleavened bread is bread that is prepared without yeast. People can make unleavened bread very quickly because they do not need to wait for the dough to rise before they bake it. The unleavened bread shows that this meal was urgent and the people needed to do it quickly.

11-05

God passed over those houses

God did not enter into the houses with blood on the doors to kill the firstborn sons in those houses.

passed over

God later told the Israelites to remember this day in a festival called the Passover. In this way, they would always remember that he passed over their houses on that day and did not kill their firstborn sons.

11-06

did not believe God or obey his commands

The Egyptians did not believe God would kill their firstborn sons, and therefore did not obey his commands to kill a lamb and put its blood around their doors.

11-08

leave Egypt immediately

God had promised that he would send one last plague to Pharaoh to let the Israelites leave Egypt (See: 04:09). After God killed every firstborn son of the Egyptians in this final, terrible plague, Pharaoh and all the Egyptians urged the Israelites to leave Egypt.