Exodus 12:2

Hachodesh hazeh (this month) shall be unto you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 Hashem spoke unto Moshe and Aharon in Eretz Mitzrayim saying,

3Speak ye unto kol Adat Yisroel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a seh (lamb), + 12:3 See Isa 53:7 according to the bais avot, a seh for each bais;

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Cross References

Exodus 13:4This day came ye out in the month Aviv.

Exodus 34:18The Chag Hamatzot shalt thou be shomer over. Shivat yamim thou shalt eat matzot, as I commanded thee, in the mo'ed of the month Aviv; for in the month Aviv thou camest out from Mitzrayim.

Leviticus 23:5In the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is Hashemʼs Pesach.

Deuteronomy 16:1Be shomer of the month of Aviv, + 16:1 springtime, i.e., Nisan and perform the Pesach offering unto Hashem Eloheicha; for in the month of Aviv Hashem Eloheicha brought thee forth out of Mitzrayim by lailah.

Ezekiel 45:21In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the Pesach, a Chag shevu'ot yamim; matzot shall be eaten.

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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