Exodus 12:28

28 The Israelites did just what the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron.

Exodus 12:28 in Other Translations

28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

28 Then the people of Israel went and did so; as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

28 So the people of Israel did just as the LORD had commanded through Moses and Aaron.

28 The Israelites then went and did what God had commanded Moses and Aaron. They did it all.

28 Then the Israelites went and did [this]; they did just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.

Exodus 12:28 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 12:28

And the children of Israel went away
The elders of the people, ( Exodus 12:21 ) they departed to their several tribes and families at Goshen and elsewhere: and did as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they;
they took a lamb on the tenth day, and kept it till the fourteenth, on which day they slew it, and roasted it with fire, and ate it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

Exodus 12:28 In-Context

26 And when your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’

27 then tell them, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.’ ” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.

28 The Israelites did just what the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron.

29 At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh, who sat on the throne, to the firstborn of the prisoner, who was in the dungeon, and the firstborn of all the livestock as well.

30 Pharaoh and all his officials and all the Egyptians got up during the night, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was not a house without someone dead.

Cross References

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