Exodus 12:27

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Exodus 12:27 (WEB)
that you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the LORD’s Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians, and spared our houses.’” The people bowed their heads and worshiped.

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Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 55
“…means passover; because the pascha was then celebrated for the first time by God’s people, when, in their flight from Egypt, they passed over the Red Sea.” — editor's note: Ex. xiv. 29. A curious mistake of Augustin’s to derive the name of the feast from Israel’s passing over the Red Sea, instead of Jehovah’s passing over the…
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