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You shall keepוּשְׁמַרְתֶּםthisהַזֶּהthingאֶת הַדָּבָרas a statuteלְחָקfor youלְךָand for your sonsוּלְבָנֶיךָforever.עַד עוֹלָם
Exodus 12:24
Study it in the app“You shall keep this thing as a statute for you and for your sons forever.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 12:24, word by word
- You shall keepשְׁמַרְתֶּםshemartem
keep
To obey the covenant or the commands.
Where else “shemartem” appears- thingדָּבָרdavar
thing
A matter, a thing; with "not", nothing.
Where else “davar” appears- as a statuteחָקchak
statute
A rule that God or a king sets and that must be kept.
Where else “chak” appears- and for your sonsבָנֶיvane
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “vane” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears
The context
23For YHWH will pass through to strike Egypt; and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, YHWH will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.
24 · This verse (above)
25When you come to the land that YHWH will give you, as he has spoken, you shall keep this service.