Exodus 12:2

This month shall be to you the beginning of months: it is the first to you among the months of the year.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

In Context

1And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

3Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, On the tenth of this month let them take each man a lamb according to the houses of their families, every man a lamb for his household.

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Cross References

Exodus 13:4For on this day ye go forth in the month of new corn.

Exodus 34:18And thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, as I have charged thee, at the season in the month of new corn; for in the month of new corn thou camest out from Egypt.

Leviticus 23:5In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, between the evening times is the Lord’s Passover.

Deuteronomy 16:1Observe the month of new corn, and thou shalt sacrifice the Passover to the Lord thy God; because in the month of new corn thou camest out of Egypt by night.

Ezekiel 45:21And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the feast of the Passover; seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 12:2-21

The Appointment of the Passover; the Feast of Unleavened Bread. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: 4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his… Read the whole commentary →

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