All the Israelites did just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron. The compliance verse follows the instruction section. The whole community — six hundred thousand men plus women and children, plus the mixed multitude — did just as the Lord commanded. The obedience is comprehensive and immediate. This is the obedience that will slip and fracture within weeks at Marah, at Massah, at Sinai — but on the night of the Exodus, it is perfect. Hebrews 11:28 compresses this into a single act of faith: by faith he kept the Passover and the application of blood. The faith that kept the Passover and the obedience that followed God's command are the same act. On the night when death was at work in Egypt, Israel obeyed, and the destroyer passed over.

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