The Bible In Paintings, #25: MOSES, Part 3 – PASSOVER!

Bing Images ^ | c. 2000 BC -- c. 90 AD | Father, Son & Holy Spirit

[Hebrews 11:6]

PREPARING FOR PASSOVER

E X O D U S . . 1 2 New International Version, emphases added
Abridged – the complete text is in your Bible

1 The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, 2 “[E]ach man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household. 5 The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect. 6 Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. 7 Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. 8 That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast. 9 Do not eat the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire—with the head, legs and internal organs. 10 Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till morning, you must burn it. 11 This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the Lord’s Passover.

12 “On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn of both people and animals, and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the Lord. 13 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.

21 Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb. 22 Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning. 23 When the Lord goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.

24 “Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants. 25 When you enter the land that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony. 26 And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ 27 then tell them, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped. 28 The Israelites did just what the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron.

by JAMES TISSOT
"Moses and Aaron Speak to the People"

by JAMES TISSOT
"The Signs on the Door"

“The destroying angel passing through Egypt”

by RAPHAEL ABECASSIS
“Passover”

by ARTHUR SZYK
“The Haggadah”

by KARIN FOREMAN
“Passover”

by JACQUI OAKLEY
“Passover Lamb”

by URIEL CAZES
“The Night of Pessach”

by BRACHA LAVEE
“Pesach Table”

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by JAMES TISSOT
"The Jews' Passover"

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Plague #10: FIRSTBORN DEATH

29 At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well. 30 Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.

by GUSTAV DORÉ
"The Firstborn Slain"

by JAMES TISSOT
"Pharaoh and His Dead Son"

"The Death of the Firstborn"

by GUSTAV DORÉ
"Moses Before Pharaoh"

by ARTHUR HACKER
"And There was a Great Cry in Egypt"

"The Death of the First Born"
from the Rylands Haggadah, Catalonia, Spain c.1330.

by JMW TURNER
"Tenth Plague of Egypt

by PIETRO PAOLETTI
"The Death Of The Firstborn Of Egypt"

by BERNARDINO LUINI
"The Death of the Firstborn"

by ILYA REPIN
"The Angel of Death Kills the First-Born of Egypt"

by LAWRENCE ALMA-TADEMA
“Death of the Pharaoh Firstborn Son”

“The Egyptian Firstborn Destroyed”
illustration from the 1728 Figures de la Bible

by Henryk Siemiradzki

“Death of the Firstborn”
Illustration from the 1890 Holman Bible

by EPHRAIM MOSES LILIEN
“Pharaoh”

by CHARLES SPRAGUE PIERCE
“Lamentations over the Death of the First-Born of Egypt”

by PHILIP DE VERE
“The First Born Smitten”

by ERNEST NORMAND
“The Pharaoh’s Sorrow”

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Again, here is the Bing page
"PASSOVER & THE 10TH PLAGUE IN ART”,
showing various painters' conceptions.
Several are serious works worthy of interest,
by unknown artists except as noted.

Also, here are links to compendia of three masters
who painted Biblical scenes prolifically:

REMBRANT van RIJN

GUSTAV DORÉ
(241 wood engravings for
La Grande Bible de Tours)

JAMES TISSOT

Finally, here are links to the
PREVIOUS POSTS IN THIS SERIES

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SPECIAL THANKS
to FReeper left that other site,
who allowed God to make her His conduit
for incomparable enthusiasm, encouragement,
education, advice and technical assistance!

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SNEAK PEEK: Next time,

EXODUS –
THE PEOPLE GO!

[Hebrews 11:6]

At the Holy Spirit's prompting, I am surveying "Bible art" for my own amusement and learning, and I thought others might enjoy it, too. My intent is to proceed methodically left-to right, Genesis to Revelation, as the Lord wills. Back soon with another.

The Bible encourages us to meditate on it (Ps. 1:1-3, 119:11-16, etc.); these artists have done so, and their works can assist us and enrich our own thoughts about biblical characters, incidents and concepts, and increase our faith in He who is behind it all.. As you encounter and consider these images and the related Scriptures and the Spirit enlightens your understanding, please share it with us! But it is not only oil-on-canvas that can so help us; I refer to the astonishing video series The Chosen, which strolls through the four Gospels at the most leisurely pace. The eight episodes of Season 1 are finished, and the second of a planned seven seasons is coming soon. I say "leisurely" because after an entire year’s viewing Jesus still has only seven of the apostles (although He's preparing to call up Thomas from the minor leagues--but Thomas is skeptical, of course). Anticipating a canvas of fifty-plus hours instead of a movie's paltry two hours, The Chosen turns the characters (especially including Jesus!) into three-dimensional humans and brings the Gospels alive--you have never seen anything even remotely like it! Here is the Official Trailer.

Here is a link for free viewing of The Chosen: “Works with your phone, tablet, and you can cast to your Roku or Chromecast.” Last fall I paid $34.98 for DVDs and ongoing internet access—best 35 bucks I’ve ever spent (I don’t recall how much our marriage license cost, but then it was 42 years ago).

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[freepertoo]

I enjoy these so much. Thanks for the effort!

[left that other site]

Some really good ones today! :-)

[Hebrews 11:6]

You're quite welcome, but it is entirely my pleasure. Glad you're also enjoying it. There's plenty more still ahead, Lord willing.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Yes indeedy!

Inside baseball: the light bulb finally came on and I added >blockquote< to match the text to your image-sizing, to tidy up.