Exodus 12:1

And the Lord spake to Mosheh and Aharon in the land of Mizraim, saying,

Targum Onkelos

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 the months; the first, it shall be to you, of the months of the year.

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Cross References

Exodus 11:2Speak now before the people of Israel that a man shall require of his companion, and a woman of her companion, vessels of silver and vessels of gold.

Exodus 14:1And the Lord spake to Mosheh, saying,

Numbers 9:2Let the children of Israel perform the Pascha in its time.

Numbers 9:5And they performed the Pascha in Nisan, on the fourteenth day of the month, between the suns, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord had commanded Mosheh, so did the children of Israel.

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 →

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