Éxodo 12:39-49

39 Y de la masa que habían sacado de Egipto, cocieron tortas de pan sin levadura, pues no se había leudado, ya que al ser echados de Egipto, no pudieron demorarse ni preparar alimentos para sí mismos.

40 El tiempo que los hijos de Israel vivieron en Egipto fue de cuatrocientos treinta años.

41 Y sucedió que al cabo de los cuatrocientos treinta años, en aquel mismo día, todos los ejércitos del SEÑOR salieron de la tierra de Egipto.

42 Esta es noche de vigilia para el SEÑOR por haberlos sacado de la tierra de Egipto; esta noche es para el SEÑOR, para ser guardada por todos los hijos de Israel por todas sus generaciones.

43 Y el SEÑOR dijo a Moisés y a Aarón: Esta es la ordenanza de la Pascua: ningún extranjero comerá de ella.

44 Pero el siervo de todo hombre, comprado por dinero, después que lo circuncidéis, podrá entonces comer de ella.

45 El extranjero y el jornalero no comerán de ella.

46 Se ha de comer en una misma casa; no sacaréis nada de la carne fuera de la casa, ni quebraréis ninguno de sus huesos.

47 Toda la congregación de Israel la celebrará .

48 Pero si un extranjero reside con vosotros y celebra la Pascua al SEÑOR, que sea circuncidado todo varón de su casa, y entonces que se acerque para celebrarla, pues será como un nativo del país; pero ninguna persona incircuncisa comerá de ella.

49 La misma ley se aplicará tanto al nativo como al extranjero que habite entre vosotros.

Éxodo 12:39-49 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 12

This chapter begins with observing, that the month in which the above wonders were wrought in Egypt, and the following ordinance appointed to the Israelites, should hereafter be reckoned the first month in the year, Ex 12:1,2 on the tenth day of which a lamb here described was to be taken and kept till the fourteenth, and then slain, and its blood sprinkled on the posts of the houses of the Israelites, Ex 12:3-7, the manner of dressing and eating it is shown, Ex 12:8-11 and the reason of the institution of this ordinance being given, Ex 12:12-14, and an order to eat unleavened bread during seven days, in which the feast was to be kept, Ex 12:15-20, directions are also given for the immediate observance of it, and particularly about the sprinkling of the blood of the lamb, and the use of it, Ex 12:21-23, and this ordinance, which they were to instruct their children in, was to be kept by them in succeeding ages for ever, Ex 12:24-27 about the middle of the night it was first observed, all the firstborn in Egypt were slain, which made the Egyptians urgent upon the Israelites to depart in haste, Ex 12:28-33 and which they did with their unleavened dough, and with great riches they had borrowed of the Egyptians, Ex 12:34-36, the number of the children of Israel at the time of their departure, the mixed multitude and cattle that went with them, their baking their unleavened cakes, the time of their sojourning in Egypt, and of their coming out of it that night, which made it a remarkable one, are all particularly taken notice of, Ex 12:37-42, laws and rules are given concerning the persons that should partake of the passover, Ex 12:43-49 and the chapter is concluded with observing, that it was kept according to the command of God, and that it was on the same day it was first instituted and kept that Israel were brought out of Egypt, Ex 12:50,51.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit., har esto