They Shall Put Blood on the Door Posts

They Shall Put Blood on the Door Posts

Sh’mot 12:7
⁷They shall take some of its blood and place it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.

Blood must be shed. Evidence of death. When the angel of HASHEM saw the blood he passed over the house. When the centurion came to break the legs of Yeshua, he found him apparently dead. To ascertain His death, he thrust a spear into His side. The blood and water coming from His side assured the centurion of His death.

Blood must be put on the two door posts and the lintel. Evidence of application. Absence of the blood brought immediate judgment (death of the first born).

Blood is applied in a specific manner:

Sh’mot 12:22
²²You shall take a bundle of hyssop and dip it into the blood that is in the basin, and as for you, no man shall leave the entrance of his house until morning.

The blood from the slain lamb was placed at the basin or threshold of the doorway, the two doorposts and the lintel.

Blood was to be applied with hyssop. Hyssop comes from a lowly shrub. Humility and lowliness of faith applies the blood of Yeshua.

Ephesians 2
⁸For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of Eloheim,

Hebrews 11
²⁸By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

The blood must be applied in faith and obedience to the Word of HASHEM through the Gospel given to Moses.

The word "basin" mentioned in the passage is translated from the Hebrew word "saf" meaning "a trench" which was routinely dug in front of all outside doors to keep flooding from occurring in time of rain. When the sacrifices were made the blood was caught first in this ditch at the base of the door and from there was applied to the sides and top of the doorframe with hyssop. So all four sides of the door were protected with the blood of the Pesach lamb. What a graphic picture Yeshua was painting for us when he said of himself, “I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.” ^{Yochanan 10:9}

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