Exodus 12:1
Then spake Yahweh, unto Moses and unto Aaron, in the land of Egypt saying—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
In Context
2This month, is, to you, a beginning of months,—the first, it is, to you, of the months of the year.
Cross References
Exodus 11:2Speak, I pray you, in the ears of the people,—and let them ask—every man of his neighbour, and every woman of her neighbour, articles of silver and articles of gold.
Exodus 14:1Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:
Numbers 9:2Let the sons of Israel therefore, keep the passover in its appointed season:
Numbers 9:5So they kept the passover in the first [month], on the fourteenth day of the month between the two evenings, in the desert of Sinai,—according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so, did the sons of Israel.
Ezekiel 45:21In the first month on the fourteenth day of the month, shall ye have the passover, —a festival of seven days, unleavened cakes 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 →