Exodus 12:1
The Lord also said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt:
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
In Context
2“This month will be for you the beginning of the months. It will be first in the months of the year.
Cross References
Exodus 11:2Therefore, you will tell all the people to ask, a man of his friend, and a woman of her neighbor, for vessels of silver and of gold.
Exodus 14:1Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Numbers 9:2“Let the sons of Israel observe the Passover at its proper time,
Numbers 9:5And they observed it at its proper time: on the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, at mount Sinai. The sons of Israel acted according to all the things that the Lord had commanded Moses.
Ezekiel 45:21In the first month, the fourteenth day of the month shall be for you the solemnity of the Passover. For seven days, unleavened bread shall be eaten.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 12:1
This chapter gives an account of one of the most memorable ordinances, and one of the most memorable providences, of all that are recorded in the Old Testament. I. Not one of all the ordinances of the Jewish church was more eminent than that of the passover, nor is any one more frequently mentioned in the New Testament; and we have here an account of the institution to it. The ordinance consisted of three parts:—1. The killing and eating of the paschal lamb, ver. 1-6 , 8-11 . 2. The sprinkling of the blood upon… Read the whole commentary →