Good News TranslationIt was faith that made him establish the Passover and order the blood to be sprinkled on the doors, so that the Angel of Death would not kill the first-born sons of the Israelites.
New Revised Standard Version
By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch the firstborn of Israel.
Contemporary English Version
His faith also made him celebrate Passover. He sprinkled the blood of animals on the doorposts, so that the first-born sons of the people of Israel would not be killed by the destroying angel.
New American Bible
By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.
Douay-Rheims Bible
By faith he celebrated the pasch and the shedding of the blood: that he who destroyed the firstborn might not touch them.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
By faith he celebrated the pasch and the shedding of the blood: that he who destroyed the firstborn might not touch them.
he kept.
Exodus 12:3-14,21-30 Speak ye to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, and say to them: On the tenth day of this month let every man take a lamb by their families and houses. . . .
the sprinkling.
Hebrews 9:19 For when every commandment of the law had been read by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, with water, and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book itself and all the people.
Hebrews 12:24 And to Jesus the mediator of the new testament, and to the sprinkling of blood which speaketh better than that of Abel.
Exodus 12:7,13,23 And they shall take of the blood thereof, and put it upon both the side posts, and on the upper door posts of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. . . .
1 Peter 1:2 According to the foreknowledge of God the Father, unto the sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ. Grace unto you and peace be multiplied.