Passover lamb
Exodus night offering
The Passover lamb is the lamb slaughtered and eaten during the Jewish festival of Passover, commemorating the Exodus from Egypt.
According to tradition, Israelites marked their doorposts with lamb's blood so the angel of death would "pass over" their homes.
In Christian theology, the term applies to Jesus Christ as a sacrificial figure: Behold the Lamb of God.
- sacrificeGiving up something precious
- bloodBody's oxygen carrier
- doorpostVertical frame member
- exodusMass departure from somewhere
- sederPassover ritual meal
Jewish tradition · unleavened · firstborn · Egypt · Moses · redemption · feast · roasted · bitter herbs · deliverance · covenant · slaughter · hyssop · plague · matzah · atonement · Christian symbolism · Last Supper
- blood loreblood sacrifice, blood rituals, blood magic, blood oaths, blood covenant
Passover lambscapegoat
Unfairly blamed person
golden calf · sin offering · abomination · burnt offering · prodigal son
Passover lambgolden calf
Symbol of misplaced worship
Egyptian gods · angel of death · abomination · graven image · Pharaoh
Passover lambscapegoat
Unfairly blamed person
sacrificial victim · Pharaoh · destroyer · angel of death · serpent
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