The preparations for Passover and the soon-to-occur departure from the land of oppression continue. The primary focus of this passage is the command to smear the door frames with the blood of a sacrificed animal. Additionally, the people are warned not to leave their homes, as the plague will pass over that night, sparing the houses marked with blood. This event is ritually reenacted each year in every Jewish home. The youngest member of the family asks, “Why is this night different from all other nights?” (26) The response is a memorial that relives and brings to life the events of the liberation from Egypt. Christians, too, in our yearly Paschal celebration, remember the ultimate, redeeming act of Jesus, which is made present and effective among us again and again.