Exodus 12:10-11

10, 11. Let nothing of it remain It was sacred to this special use, and was not to be profaned .

Loins girded As the first passover was eaten in the last hours of their stay in Egypt, they must then have been all ready to leave, waiting for the final word . Usually they sat or reclined about the table, but now they were to stand on their feet . Their feet were always bare within the house, but now they were to be shod for the rough desert roads . Their long garments were usually loose as they sat at meals, but now they were to be girded up closely for a long journey . Each was to have his travelling staff in hand, and to eat in haste . It is the Lord’s passover Here for the first time occurs the word פסח , pesach, well rendered by our word passover, as it sets forth the passing over the houses of Israel in the tenth judgment-stroke . Jehovah says, “When I see the blood, I will pass over you.” So ever will the God of judgment pass over the soul marked with the blood of the spotless Lamb.