Exodus 12:1
The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
World English Bible
In The King James Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
In Context
2“This month shall be to you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year to you.
Cross References
Exodus 11:2Speak now in the ears of the people, and let every man ask of his neighbor, and every woman of her neighbor, jewels of silver, and jewels of gold.”
Exodus 14:1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Numbers 9:2“Let the children of Israel keep the Passover in its appointed season.
Numbers 9:5They kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, in the wilderness of Sinai. According to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did.
Ezekiel 45:21“‘“In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
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 →