The law concerning firstborn animals states that the firstborn shall not be worked or shorn for fleece. Instead, it would be eaten before the Lord each year in the place God would designate. If there was a defect, the animal would not be offered to God, but would be eaten in private. No blood from any animal would be eaten.
The guidelines for the Passover feast were reviewed. In the month of Abib, passover would be eaten where the Lord chose to put His name. There would be a perfect animal and unleavened bread. This would commemorate how the Lord brought them out of Egypt. The meal would be eaten at twilight. It would be roasted and eaten, then they would return to their tents in the morning. Six days they would eat only unleavened bread, and on the seventh day, there would be a sacred assembly to the Lord.
Two principles are a work here. First, the firstborn law is a reminder of how God required the firstborn of all things, but especially the firstborn of Egypt when the tenth plague hit. All the firstborn died if the blood was not applied, of humans and flocks and herds. God required the firstborn of Israel as part of the covenant conditions to demonstrate that God deserves our first and best in response to His provision and blessings. Second, the passover meal commemorates God’s deliverance of Israel from the hands of Pharaoh in Egypt. The blood from the Lamb covered the homes from the death of the firstborn, and at Passover, God delivered Israel from their bondage. Give God first place in your life. Give Him the best you have to offer. Know that when you do, God will give His best to you, beyond you wildest dreams!
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