Holy Scripture

Exodus 12:22

A church father on this verse
“Be it so, some will say, in the case of those who ask for baptism; what have you to say about those who are still children and conscious neither of the loss nor of the grace? Are we to baptize them too? Certainly, if any danger presses. For it is better that they should be unconsciously sanctified than that they shoul…”
Gregory of Nazianzus, 4th c. — ORATION 40.28

Source: Septuagint

Original

22And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and having dipped it into some of the blood that is by the door, ye shall touch the lintel, and shall put it upon both doorposts, even of the blood which is by the door; but ye shall not go out every one from the door of his house till the morning.

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In context

20Ye shall eat nothing leavened, but in every habitation of yours ye shall eat unleavened bread.

21And Moses called all the elders of the children of Israel, and said to them, Go away and take to yourselves a lamb according to your kindred, and slay the Passover.

— Exodus 12:22 —

23And the Lord shall pass by to smite the Egyptians, and shall see the blood upon the lintel, and upon both the doorposts; and the Lord shall pass by the door, and shall not suffer the destroyer to enter into your houses to smite you.

24And keep ye this thing as an ordinance for thyself and for thy children forever.

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