Exodus 12:21-27 describes the institution of the Passover, in which a lamb was slain and its blood marked the households that God spared during the final plague in Egypt. Israel was commanded to remember this deliverance in succeeding generations. Passover therefore became one of the central memorials of God's saving action: a people under judgment and bondage were delivered through God's provision of a sacrificial victim.

The New Testament makes the Christian connection explicit. In 1 Corinthians 5:7 Paul states that "Christ, our Passover," has been sacrificed. Jesus' death is thus understood in light of the Exodus pattern: His sacrificial death provides deliverance from a greater bondage and judgment. The Gospels also place Jesus' final days within the Passover setting, reinforcing this association. This is one of the strongest examples of biblical typology because the New Testament itself identifies Christ with the Passover theme rather than leaving the correspondence solely to later Christian interpretation.