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Exodus 12:1
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The LORD spoke to Moshe and Aharon in the land of Mitzrayim, saying,
And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying,
And Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt:
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
Then the Lord spake to Moses and to Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
Now Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
Some time later the Lord said to Moses and Aaron:
Adonai spoke to Moshe and Aharon in the land of Egypt; he said,
And Jehovah spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
While Moses and Aaron were still in Egypt, the Lord spoke to them. He said,
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
THEN the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in Egypt:
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt:
And Jehovah said to Moses and to Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
The LORDE sayde vnto Moses & Aaron in the londe of Egipte:
And Jehovah spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron in the lande of Egypt, saying:
And the LORD spoke unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying:
And the Lord spake vnto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
Also the Lord seide to Moises and Aaron in the lond of Egipt,
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, in the land of Egypt, saying,
And Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
While the Israelites were still in the land of Egypt, the Lord gave the following instructions to Moses and Aaron:
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt:
Then spake Yahweh, unto Moses and unto Aaron, in the land of Egypt saying -
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt:
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
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.
Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
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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
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I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.
I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed."
Abram passed through the land to the place of Shechem, as far as the terebinth tree of Moreh. [fn] And the Canaanites were then in the land.
Now there was a famine in the land, and Abram went down to Egypt to dwell there, for the famine was severe in the land.
And it came to pass, when he was close to entering Egypt, that he said to Sarai his wife, "Indeed I know that you are a woman of beautiful countenance.
Then He said to him, "I am the LORD, who brought you out of Ur of the Chaldeans, to give you this land to inherit it."
"You are the LORD God, Who chose Abram, And brought him out of Ur of the Chaldeans, And gave him the name Abraham;
You whom I have taken from the ends of the earth, And called from its farthest regions, And said to you, "You are My servant, I have chosen you and have not cast you away:
Look to Abraham your father, And to Sarah who bore you; For I called him alone, And blessed him and increased him."
"Son of man, they who inhabit those ruins in the land of Israel are saying, "Abraham was only one, and he inherited the land. But we are many; the land has been given to us as a possession.'
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
