Exodus 12:2

This monethe, the bigynnyng of monethis to you, schal be the firste in the monethis of the yeer.

Wycliffe (portions)

In The King James Version

This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

In Context

1Also the Lord seide to Moises and Aaron in the lond of Egipt,

3Speke ye to al the cumpanye of the sones of Israel, and seie ye to hem, In the tenthe dai of this monethe ech man take a lomb by hise meynees and housis;

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Cross References

Exodus 13:4To dai ye gon out, in the monethe of new fruytis;

Exodus 34:18Thou schalt kepe the solempynyte of therf looues; seuene daies thou schalt ete therf looues, as Y comaundide to thee, in the time of the monethe of newe fruytis; for in the monethe of veer tyme thou yedist out of Egipt.

Leviticus 23:5In the firste monethe, in the fourtenthe dai of the monethe, at euentid, is pask of the Lord;

Deuteronomy 16:1Kepe thou the monethe of newe fruytis, and of the bigynnyng of somer, that thou make pask to thi Lord God; for in this monethe thi Lord God ledde thee out of Egipt in the nyyt.

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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