Hebrews 11:28
Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
Cross-references
Hebrews 12:24 contrasts Christ's sprinkled blood with Abel's – the Passover blood that saved Israel prefigures Christ's better blood.
Hebrews 10:22 speaks of hearts sprinkled clean — the same imagery of blood application used here for the Passover, pointing to Christ's cleansing.
Exodus 12:3-14 gives the original Passover instructions – the lamb and blood on doorposts – that Moses implemented by faith.
1 Peter 1:2 speaks of being sprinkled with Christ's blood – the Passover blood that saved Israel typologically points to Christ's atoning blood.
Exodus 12:23 describes the LORD passing over houses with blood – the exact deliverance Hebrews 11:28 attributes to Moses' faith.
Exodus 12:21-30 recounts the actual Passover observance and the plague of the firstborn – the event summarized in Hebrews 11:28.
Exodus 12:13 gives God's promise that the blood will be a sign and He will pass over – the basis for Moses' faith in Hebrews 11:28.
Exodus 12:7 specifies the blood on doorposts and lintel – the very act Moses performed by faith to spare the firstborn.
Exodus 12:22 provides the specific action of applying blood with hyssop, which Hebrews 11:28 credits to Moses' faith.
Exodus 12:29 describes the plague on firstborn, the very event from which the Passover blood protected.
Numbers 8:17 explains that God claimed Israel's firstborn because He struck Egypt's firstborn, the same reason for Passover protection.
Psalm 78:51 recounts God striking Egypt's firstborn, the event the Passover blood averted.
Psalm 105:36 recalls the plague on firstborn, confirming the historical event behind the faith described.
Psalm 136:10 praises God for striking Egypt's firstborn, the act of judgment from which Passover blood protected.
In 1 Corinthians 10:10, Paul also references 'the Destroyer' — the same agent of judgment from the Exodus, warning against Israel's grumbling.
Exodus 11:5 announces the death of the firstborn – the judgment from which the Passover blood delivered Israel, as referenced in Hebrews 11:28.
Exodus 12:28 shows the Israelites obeying exactly as commanded, linking obedience to the faith highlighted in Hebrews.
2 Chronicles 30:16 records later Passover observance with priests sprinkling blood, echoing the original act of faith.