Exodus 12:1
And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, in the land of Egypt, saying,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
In Context
2'This month [is] to you the chief of months — it [is] the first to you of the months of the year;
Cross References
Exodus 11:2speak, I pray thee, in the ears of the people, and they ask — each man from his neighbour, and each woman from her neighbour, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold.'
Exodus 14:1And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
Numbers 9:2'Also, the sons of Israel prepare the passover in its appointed season;
Numbers 9:5and they prepare the passover in the first [month], on the fourteenth day of the month, between the evenings, in the wilderness of Sinai; according to all that Jehovah hath commanded Moses, so have the sons of Israel done.
Ezekiel 45:21'In the first [month], in the fourteenth day of the month, ye have the passover, a feast of seven days, unleavened food is 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 →