Exodus 12:1

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

Exodus 12:1 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 12:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of
Egypt
Before they and the children of Israel came out of it, before the slaying of the firstborn, yea, before Moses came from the presence of Pharaoh, and had given him notice of it; and it is very probable even before the three days darkness, seeing it seems necessary it should be four days before the passover, since on the tenth day the lamb was to be taken, and on the fourteenth slain, ( Exodus 12:3 Exodus 12:6 ) and by what follows it looks as if it was at the beginning or first day of the month, and so the words may be rendered, "the Lord had spoke" ^F25; and the following account is deferred to this place, that there might be no interruption of the history of the plagues, and that the passover, with all its rites and ceremonies, both at the first institution and observance of it, and in later times, might be laid together.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (rmayw) "alloquutus antem fuerat", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; "dixerat autem"; so some in Drusius, and Ainsworth.

Exodus 12:1 In-Context

1 And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

2 This month to you the beginning of months: it is the first to you among the months of the year.

3 Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, On the tenth of this month let them take each man a lamb according to the houses of their families, every man a lamb for his household.

4 And if they be few in a household, so that there are not enough for the lamb, he shall take with himself his neighbour that lives near to him, —as to the number of souls, every one according to that which suffices him shall make a reckoning for the lamb.

5 It shall be to you a lamb unblemished, a male of a year old: ye shall take it of the lambs and the kids.