The Israelite Father at the First Passover
The covenant head of household in Goshen who examined the lamb for four days, slaughtered it at twilight, dipped a bunch of hyssop into the basin, and painted the blood across the lintel and two doorposts.
On the fourteenth day of Nisan in Egypt, every Israelite head of household faced a life-or-death command through Moses: take an unblemished year-old lamb, slaughter it at twilight, dip a bunch of common hyssop into the blood in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts (Exodus 12:3–7, 21–22).
Blood left sitting inside the basin could not save the firstborn inside the house; the father had to apply the blood to the wooden threshold by faith and remain inside until morning while the LORD passed over the blood-marked doors (Exodus 12:22–23).
The Painted Door — The First Passover in Egypt, The Hyssop Branch & The Blood-Stained Wooden Threshold
Israelite families strike the blood of a spotless lamb onto their wooden doorposts with a hyssop branch so the Destroyer passes over.
