Exodus 12:1
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt:
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
In Context
2This month shall be to you the beginning of months: it shall be the first in the months of the year.
Cross References
Exodus 11:2Therefore thou shalt tell all the people that every man ask of his friend, and every woman of her neighbour, vessels of silver, and of gold.
Exodus 14:1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Numbers 9:2Let the children of Israel make the phase in its due time,
Numbers 9:5And they made it in its proper time: the fourteenth day of the month at evening, in mount Sinai. The children of Israel did according to all things that the Lord had commanded Moses.
Ezekiel 45:21In the first month, the fourteenth day of the month, you shall observe the solemnity of the pasch: 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 →