Exodus 12:7

And they shall take of the blood, and apply it upon the two posts and upon the lintel of the houses in which they eat him.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.

In Context

6And you shall have it in keeping till the fourteenth day of this month, and the whole church ( kehala) of the congregation of Israel shall kill him between the suns.

8And they shall eat the flesh in that night roasted with fire, and (with) unleavened cake with bitters you shall eat him.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:13And the blood shall be for you a sign upon the houses where you are; and I will see the blood, and will have mercy upon you, and there shall not be among you the destruction of death when I slay in the land of Mizraim.

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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