Exodus 12:1
Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt. He said,
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
In Context
2“For you, this month will be the start of months, the first month of the year to you.
Cross References
Exodus 11:2Instruct the people that every man and woman is to ask of his or her neighbor for articles of silver and articles of gold.”
Exodus 14:1Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
Numbers 9:2“Let the people of Israel keep the Passover at its fixed time of year.
Numbers 9:5So they kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, in the wilderness of Sinai. The people of Israel obeyed everything that Yahweh commanded Moses to do.
Ezekiel 45:21In the first month on the fourteenth day of the month, there will be for you a festival, a seven-day festival. You will eat unleavened bread.
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 →