Exodus 13:5

It shall be when the Lord shall bring thee, &c. that thou shalt keep this service in this month— Many commentators observe, that the words of this verse prove that the Israelites were under no necessity to observe the passover, and consecrate their first-born, till they entered into the land of Canaan.

REFLECTIONS.— 1. God demands of his people a return for his mercies in their first-born. He claims, from his preservation of them, a right in them. Note; (1.) The life which God has rescued from imminent danger is doubly bound to be devoted to his service. (2.) They who truly love God will serve him with the best.

2. He bids them remember the day of their deliverance in the feast of unleavened bread, and instruct their children after them in the meaning of the ordinance; and very careful are they to this day to observe the letter of the precept in searching their houses for leaven: may we be as careful to enter into the spirit of the command, and search every corner of our hearts, that sin may be put away from us. Note; It is a chief duty with parents to acquaint their children from earliest infancy with the Scriptures; and Scripture histories may be made matter of as pleasing entertainment to them as of profitable instruction.