(c) Those who celebrated Passover in their own homes thought first of all of liberation and salvation. That is clearly evident from Ex. 12, though this chapter is ‘Priestly’ and therefore late. During the night of 14/15 Nisan described there, whereas the firstborn of Egypt were killed by the ‘exterminator’, ‘ours’ were spared; ‘we’ all remained alive and became the ‘people of YHWH’. The cult commemorates this event and makes it present; the community which celebrates has become contemporaneous with