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New Century Version

Exodus 12:1

The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt:

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Aaron;   Israel;   Month;   Scofield Reference Index - Israel;   Thompson Chain Reference - Aaron;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Egypt;   Feast of the Passover, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Abib;   Exodus;   Passover;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Plague;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Animals;   Lamb, Lamb of God;   Remember, Remembrance;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Passover;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Passover;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Lamb of God;   Salvation;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Aaron;   Exodus;   Moses;   Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Passover (I.);   Samaria, Samaritans;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Month;   Passover;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Plagues of egypt;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Pass'over,;   Transfiguration, the;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Plagues of Egypt;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Exodus, the;   On to Sinai;   Sabbath and Feasts;   Priesthood, the;   Moses, the Man of God;   Conquest of Canaan;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Passover;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Festivals;   Hafṭarah;   Law, Reading from the;   Mekilta;   Midrash Haggadah;   New-Year;   Passover Sacrifice;   Priestly Code;   Repentance;   Seder;   Taḳḳanah;   Talmud;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD spoke to Moshe and Aharon in the land of Mitzrayim, saying,
King James Version
And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying,
Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
New English Translation
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
Amplified Bible
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
New American Standard Bible
Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then the Lord spake to Moses and to Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
Legacy Standard Bible
Now Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
Contemporary English Version
Some time later the Lord said to Moses and Aaron:
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai spoke to Moshe and Aharon in the land of Egypt; he said,
Darby Translation
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
Easy-to-Read Version
While Moses and Aaron were still in Egypt, the Lord spoke to them. He said,
English Standard Version
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
George Lamsa Translation
THEN the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
Good News Translation
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in Egypt:
Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt:
Literal Translation
And Jehovah said to Moses and to Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The LORDE sayde vnto Moses & Aaron in the londe of Egipte:
American Standard Version
And Jehovah spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron in the lande of Egypt, saying:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying:
King James Version (1611)
And the Lord spake vnto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
English Revised Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
Berean Standard Bible
Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also the Lord seide to Moises and Aaron in the lond of Egipt,
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, in the land of Egypt, saying,
Update Bible Version
And Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
World English Bible
Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
New King James Version
Now the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
New Living Translation
While the Israelites were still in the land of Egypt, the Lord gave the following instructions to Moses and Aaron:
New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
New Revised Standard
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt:
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then spake Yahweh, unto Moses and unto Aaron, in the land of Egypt saying -
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt:
Revised Standard Version
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
THE MESSAGE
God said to Moses and Aaron while still in Egypt, "This month is to be the first month of the year for you. Address the whole community of Israel; tell them that on the tenth of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one lamb to a house. If the family is too small for a lamb, then share it with a close neighbor, depending on the number of persons involved. Be mindful of how much each person will eat. Your lamb must be a healthy male, one year old; you can select it from either the sheep or the goats. Keep it penned until the fourteenth day of this month and then slaughter it—the entire community of Israel will do this—at dusk. Then take some of the blood and smear it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which you will eat it. You are to eat the meat, roasted in the fire, that night, along with bread, made without yeast, and bitter herbs. Don't eat any of it raw or boiled in water; make sure it's roasted—the whole animal, head, legs, and innards. Don't leave any of it until morning; if there are leftovers, burn them in the fire.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: 2 "This month will be the beginning of months, the first month of the year for you. 3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must get one lamb for the people in his house. 4 If there are not enough people in his house to eat a whole lamb, he must share it with his closest neighbor, considering the number of people. There must be enough lamb for everyone to eat. 5 The lamb must be a one-year-old male that has nothing wrong with it. This animal can be either a young sheep or a young goat. 6 Take care of the animals until the fourteenth day of the month. On that day all the people of the community of Israel will kill them in the evening before dark. 7 The people must take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs. 8 On this night they must roast the lamb over a fire. They must eat it with bitter herbs and bread made without yeast. 9 Do not eat the lamb raw or boiled in water. Roast the whole lamb over a fire—with its head, legs, and inner organs. 10 You must not leave any of it until morning, but if any of it is left over until morning, you must burn it with fire.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Genesis 20:7 - a prophet Exodus 11:2 - borrow Exodus 12:18 - General Exodus 14:1 - the Lord spake Exodus 40:2 - the first month Numbers 9:2 - keep Ezekiel 45:21 - ye shall

Cross-References

Genesis 12:2
I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you. I will make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.
Genesis 12:3
I will bless those who bless you, and I will place a curse on those who harm you. And all the people on earth will be blessed through you."
Genesis 12:6
Abram traveled through that land as far as the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. The Canaanites were living in the land at that time.
Genesis 12:10
At this time there was not much food in the land, so Abram went down to Egypt to live because there was so little food.
Genesis 12:11
Just before they arrived in Egypt, he said to his wife Sarai, "I know you are a very beautiful woman.
Genesis 15:7
God said to Abram, "I am the Lord who led you out of Ur of Babylonia so that I could give you this land to own."
Nehemiah 9:7
"You are the Lord , the God who chose Abram and brought him out of Ur in Babylonia and named him Abraham.
Isaiah 41:9
I took you from places far away on the earth and called you from a faraway country. I said, ‘You are my servants.' I have chosen you and have not turned against you.
Isaiah 51:2
Look at Abraham, your ancestor, and Sarah, who gave birth to your ancestors. Abraham had no children when I called him, but I blessed him and gave him many descendants.
Ezekiel 33:24
"Human, people who live in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying: ‘Abraham was only one person, yet he was given the land as his own. Surely the land has been given to us, who are many, as our very own.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,.... Before they and the children of Israel came out of it, before the slaying of the firstborn, yea, before Moses came from the presence of Pharaoh, and had given him notice of it; and it is very probable even before the three days darkness, seeing it seems necessary it should be four days before the passover, since on the tenth day the lamb was to be taken, and on the fourteenth slain, Exodus 12:3 and by what follows it looks as if it was at the beginning or first day of the month, and so the words may be rendered, "the Lord had spoke" y; and the following account is deferred to this place, that there might be no interruption of the history of the plagues, and that the passover, with all its rites and ceremonies, both at the first institution and observance of it, and in later times, might be laid together.

y ויאמר "alloquutus antem fuerat", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "dixerat autem"; so some in Drusius, and Ainsworth.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This chapter was written some time after the Exodus, probably when Moses put together the portions of the book toward the end of his life. The statements that these instructions were given in the land of Egypt, and that they were given to Moses and Aaron, are important: the one marks the special dignity of this ordinance, which was established before the Sinaitic code; the other marks the distinction between Moses and Aaron and all other prophets. They alone were prophets of the law, i. e. no law was promulgated by any other prophets.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

CHAPTER XII

The month Abib is to be considered as the commencement of

the year, 1, 2.

The PASSOVER instituted; the lamb or kid to be used on the

occasion to be taken from the flock the tenth day of the

month, and each family to provide one, 3, 4.

The lamb or kid to be a male of the first year without

blemish, 5.

To be killed on the fourteenth day, 6,

and the blood to be sprinkled on the side posts and lintels

of the doors, 7.

The flesh to be prepared by roasting, and not to be eaten

either sodden or raw, 8, 9;

and no part of it to be left till the morning, 10.

The people to eat it with their loins girded, c., as persons

prepared for a journey, 11.

Why called the PASSOVER, 12.

The blood sprinkled on the door posts, &c., to be a token to

them of preservation from the destroying angel, 13.

The fourteenth day of the month Abib to be a feast for ever,

14.

Unleavened bread to be eaten seven days, 15.

This also to be observed in all their generations for ever, 17-20.

Moses instructs the elders of Israel how they are to offer

the lamb and sprinkle his blood, and for what purpose, 21-23.

He binds them to instruct their children in the nature of

this rite, 24-27.

The children of Israel act as commanded, 28.

All the first-born of Egypt slain, 29, 30.

Pharaoh and the Egyptians urge Moses, Aaron, and the Israelites

to depart, 31-33.

They prepare for their departure, and get gold, silver, and

raiment from the Egyptians, 34-36.

They journey from Rameses to Succoth, in number six hundred

thousand men, besides women and children, and a mixed multitude,

37, 38.

They bake unleavened cakes of the dough they brought with them

out of Egypt, 39.

The time in which they sojourned in Egypt, 40-42.

Different ordinances concerning the PASSOVER, 43-49

which are all punctually observed by the people, who are brought

out of Egypt the same day, 50, 51.

NOTES ON CHAP. XII


 
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