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The Ten Plagues and the Passover

Exodus 12:1–32

For children

Pharaoh would not let God's people go, so God sent ten plagues. Before the last one, God told each family to put the blood of a lamb on their door. That night, the LORD passed over every house with the blood, and His people were safe. At last Pharaoh let them go!

For grown-ups

The plagues are judgments on the gods of Egypt (Exod 12:12). Israel is spared not because they are better than the Egyptians but because of the blood of a substitute. 'Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed' (1 Cor 5:7).

Talk about it

Why did the people need the lamb's blood on the door?