Post by Malcolm on Aug 1, 2014 17:04:25 GMT -5
It was a custom in Egypt to put drops of blood on doorposts. For example this extract from Ancient Egyptian Texts:
"After dawn the next day had come about, the king proclaimed a grand oblation as an offering to the bull, and the king sent a first royal cupbearer of His Majesty, l.p.h., to sacrifice the bull. And subsequently he was sacrificed.
While he was upon the shoulders of the men, he trembled in his neck and caused two drops of blood to be shed beside the two doorposts of His Majesty, l.p.h., one landing on one side of the great portal of Pharaoh, l.p.h., and the other on the other side. They grew into / two large Persea trees, each one of which was choice.
Then someone went to tell His Majesty, l.p.h.: Two large Persea trees have grown this night as a great marvel for His Majesty, l.p.h., beside the great portal of His Majesty, l.p.h.
And there was jubilation for them in the entire land, and the king presented an offering to them. "
Whilst the above example took place during the age of Taurus it must have continued later on during Aries when it became the custom to sacrifice rams.
How then would god have been able to determine whether the Passover blood was on a Hebrew household or an Egyptian? They all did it, so the Passover story just doesn't make sense.