BRAGADAYJAY 193

God does not give vague or uncertain instructions. God qua God is very meticulous when he gives instructions to His people. So he gives specific instructions to Moses with regard to the time, of note; the selection, manner of killing and eating of this special festival which has come down to us as the Passover; a lamb without spot or blemish; a male animal; a young animal; all prefiguring the ultimate Passover; the offering of the lamb without spot or blemish; the lamb slain from the foundation of the world. The blood was to be collected and daubed on the upright and crossbeam of the door within which the roasted lamb was to be eaten; all was to be eaten that night; nothing held over for the morrow. “When you eat it,” God further instructed, “you shall have your loins girded, your shoes on your feet and your staff in your hand; you shall eat it in haste; for it is the Lords Passover” In other words, be ready to travel. “For I will Pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the first born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast and against all the gods of Egypt and execute judgment against all for I am the Lord.” “And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where you are; and when I see the blood I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you when I smite the land of Egypt.” “And this day shall be unto you for a memorial and you shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations, ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever.”