Exodus 12:2
This month shall be to you the beginning of the months; the first, it shall be to you, of the months of the year.
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
In Context
1And the Lord spake to Mosheh and Aharon in the land of Mizraim, saying,
Cross References
Exodus 13:4This day have you come out, in the month of Abiba.
Exodus 34:18The feast of the unleavened thou shalt keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened (bread) as I have commanded thee, in the time of the month of Abiva; for in the month of Abiva thou didst come out of Mizraim.
Leviticus 23:5In the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the suns, is the Pascha before the Lord,
Deuteronomy 16:1Observe the month of Abiba, and perform the pascha before the Lord thy God; for in the month of Abiba the Lord thy God brought thee out of Mizraim, and wrought signs for thee in the night.
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 →