“’Moreover, it will serve as a sign on your hand and as a reminder between your eyes, so that Adonai’s Torah may be on your lips; because with a strong hand Adonai brought you out of Egypt.’”
Exodus 13:9
Adonai set for His people a way to remember the actions He had just set for His people’s deliverance. They were to set aside for Him the firstborn of both animals and humans. They were to eat matzah for seven days, leaving behind the use of hametz (leaven) during that time. When their children asked all about these regulations, they were to explain that it was because of what Adonai did when they left Egypt. But the explanation went on still. A reminder was to be on their hands and between their eyes to show the strong hand of Adonai bringing His people out. The regulation was to be observed at its proper time, year after year. All these details were proof and memory of Adonai’s strong hand.
Exodus 13:1-16
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