Passover was instituted during the time of which plague?

• A. The 10th plague
• B. The 7th plague
• C. The 8th plague
• D. The 9th plague

Answer: (A)

Passover was instituted during the tenth plague—the death of the firstborn in Egypt. God told the Israelites to mark their doorposts with the blood of a sacrificed lamb so that the Angel of Death would “pass over” their houses, sparing them from the plague. That night they were to eat roasted lamb with unleavened bread and bitter herbs, in haste, as a sign of deliverance and readiness to depart from bondage. This event created a lasting memorial—the Passover feast—that would be observed each year to remember God's rescue of Israel. The other plagues preceded this moment and did not inaugurate the Passover; it begins with the tenth plague and the act of protection through the blood.