Exodus 12:16
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In the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no manner of work shall be done in them, except that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageEgypt was the land where Israel had been enslaved, and Exodus 12 gives God’s instructions for leaving it through the Passover. Rameses, likely the Egyptian district from which Israel departed, underscores that the feast’s holy assemblies marked their deliverance from bondage by God’s saving act.
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Exodus 12:16 mentions Egypt and Rameses.
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