Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. The blood on the doorframe is the central act of Passover — the visible mark that distinguishes the protected household from the unprotected. The door of the house is the boundary between inside and outside, between safety and danger. The blood on the doorpost marks the boundary: inside this door, under this blood, death will pass over. Hebrews 10:19–20 describes entering through the curtain into the Most Holy Place through the new and living way that Jesus opened for us — the blood on the doorpost of Passover becomes the blood that opens the way into God's presence. The door marked by blood in Exodus becomes the door opened by blood in Hebrews.

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