Exodus 12:7

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
They shall take some of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, on the houses in which they shall eat it.

King James Version
And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.

Lexham English Bible
And they will take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel on the houses in which they eat it.

New Century Version
The people must take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.

New English Translation
They will take some of the blood and put it on the two side posts and top of the doorframe of the houses where they will eat it.

Amplified Bible
'Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel [above the door] of the houses in which they eat it.

New American Standard Bible
'Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.

Geneva Bible (1587)
After, they shall take of the blood, & strike it on the two postes, and on the vpper doore post of the houses where they shall eate it.

Legacy Standard Bible
Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.

Contemporary English Version
Some of the blood must be put on the two doorposts and above the door of each house where the animals are to be eaten.

Complete Jewish Bible
They are to take some of the blood and smear it on the two sides and top of the door-frame at the entrance of the house in which they eat it.

Darby Translation
And they shall take of the blood, and put [it] on the two door-posts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.

Easy-to-Read Version
You must collect the blood from these animals and put it on the top and sides of the doorframe of every house where the people eat this meal.

English Standard Version
"Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.

George Lamsa Translation
And they shall take some of the blood thereof and sprinkle it on the two door posts and on the lintel and on the houses wherein they shall eat it.

Good News Translation
The people are to take some of the blood and put it on the doorposts and above the doors of the houses in which the animals are to be eaten.

Christian Standard Bible®
They must take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses where they eat them.

Literal Translation
And they shall take from the blood, and put it on the two side doorposts and on the upper doorpost, on the houses in which they eat it.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they shal take of his bloude, and stryke it on both the syde postes of the dore, and on the vpperdore post of the house, that they eate it in.

American Standard Version
And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it.

Bible in Basic English
Then take some of the blood and put it on the two sides of the door and over the door of the house where the meal is to be taken.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they shall take of the blood and stryke it on the two [syde] postes, and on the vpper doore post, euen in the houses where they shall eate hym.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it.

King James Version (1611)
And they shall take of the blood and strike it on the two side postes, and on the vpper doore poste, of the houses wherin they shall eate it.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they shall take of the blood, and shall put it on the two door-posts, and on the lintel, in the houses in which soever they shall eat them.

English Revised Version
And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it.

Berean Standard Bible
They are to take some of the blood and put it on the two sideposts and tops of the doorframes of the houses in which they eat the lambs.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei schulen take of his blood, and schulen put on euer either post, and in lyntels, `ether hiyer threschfoldis, of the housis, in whiche thei schulen ete hym;

Young's Literal Translation
and they have taken of the blood, and have put on the two side-posts, and on the lintel over the houses in which they eat it.

Update Bible Version
And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, on the houses wherein they shall eat it.

Webster's Bible Translation
And they shall take of the blood, and strike [it] on the two side-posts, and on the upper door-post of the houses, in which they shall eat it.

World English Bible
They shall take some of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, on the houses in which they shall eat it.

New King James Version
And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it.

New Living Translation
They are to take some of the blood and smear it on the sides and top of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the animal.

New Life Bible
Then they must take some of the blood and put it on the wood pieces at the sides and top of the door of each house where they will eat it.

New Revised Standard
They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they shall take of the blood, and put upon the two door-posts and upon the upper-beam, - upon the houses wherein they are to eat it.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they shall take of the blood thereof, and put it upon both the side posts, and on the upper door posts of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.

Revised Standard Version
Then they shall take some of the blood, and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat them.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.

Contextual Overview

¹ God said to Moses and Aaron while still in Egypt, "This month is to be the first month of the year for you. Address the whole community of Israel; tell them that on the tenth of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one lamb to a house. If the family is too small for a lamb, then share it with a close neighbor, depending on the number of persons involved. Be mindful of how much each person will eat. Your lamb must be a healthy male, one year old; you can select it from either the sheep or the goats. Keep it penned until the fourteenth day of this month and then slaughter it—the entire community of Israel will do this—at dusk. Then take some of the blood and smear it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which you will eat it. You are to eat the meat, roasted in the fire, that night, along with bread, made without yeast, and bitter herbs. Don't eat any of it raw or boiled in water; make sure it's roasted—the whole animal, head, legs, and innards. Don't leave any of it until morning; if there are leftovers, burn them in the fire. ¹¹ "And here is how you are to eat it: Be fully dressed with your sandals on and your stick in your hand. Eat in a hurry; it's the Passover to God . ¹²"I will go through the land of Egypt on this night and strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, whether human or animal, and bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am God . The blood will serve as a sign on the houses where you live. When I see the blood I will pass over you—no disaster will touch you when I strike the land of Egypt. ¹⁴"This will be a memorial day for you; you will celebrate it as a festival to God down through the generations, a fixed festival celebration to be observed always. You will eat unraised bread (matzoth) for seven days: On the first day get rid of all yeast from your houses—anyone who eats anything with yeast from the first day to the seventh day will be cut off from Israel. The first and the seventh days are set aside as holy; do no work on those days. Only what you have to do for meals; each person can do that. ¹⁷"Keep the Festival of Unraised Bread! This marks the exact day I brought you out in force from the land of Egypt. Honor the day down through your generations, a fixed festival to be observed always. In the first month, beginning on the fourteenth day at evening until the twenty-first day at evening, you are to eat unraised bread. For those seven days not a trace of yeast is to be found in your houses. Anyone, whether a visitor or a native of the land, who eats anything raised shall be cut off from the community of Israel. Don't eat anything raised. Only matzoth."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 12:22, Exodus 12:23, Ephesians 1:7, Hebrews 9:13, Hebrews 9:14, Hebrews 9:22, Hebrews 10:14, Hebrews 10:29, Hebrews 11:28, 1 Peter 1:2

Reciprocal: Genesis 35:18 - her soul Exodus 24:6 - the blood he Numbers 9:3 - General Deuteronomy 6:9 - General Ezekiel 9:4 - set a mark

Cross-References

Genesis 8:20
Noah built an altar to God . He selected clean animals and birds from every species and offered them as burnt offerings on the altar. God smelled the sweet fragrance and thought to himself, "I'll never again curse the ground because of people. I know they have this bent toward evil from an early age, but I'll never again kill off everything living as I've just done.

Genesis 12:8
He moved on from there to the hill country east of Bethel and pitched his tent between Bethel to the west and Ai to the east. He built an altar there and prayed to God .

Genesis 12:9
Abram kept moving, steadily making his way south, to the Negev.

Genesis 13:18
Abram moved his tent. He went and settled by the Oaks of Mamre in Hebron. There he built an altar to God .

Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, God showed up and said to him, "I am The Strong God, live entirely before me, live to the hilt! I'll make a covenant between us and I'll give you a huge family."

Genesis 17:3
Overwhelmed, Abram fell flat on his face. Then God said to him, "This is my covenant with you: You'll be the father of many nations. Your name will no longer be Abram, but Abraham, meaning that ‘I'm making you the father of many nations.' I'll make you a father of fathers—I'll make nations from you, kings will issue from you. I'm establishing my covenant between me and you, a covenant that includes your descendants, a covenant that goes on and on and on, a covenant that commits me to be your God and the God of your descendants. And I'm giving you and your descendants this land where you're now just camping, this whole country of Canaan, to own forever. And I'll be their God."

Genesis 18:1
God appeared to Abraham at the Oaks of Mamre while he was sitting at the entrance of his tent. It was the hottest part of the day. He looked up and saw three men standing. He ran from his tent to greet them and bowed before them.

Genesis 22:9
They arrived at the place to which God had directed him. Abraham built an altar. He laid out the wood. Then he tied up Isaac and laid him on the wood. Abraham reached out and took the knife to kill his son.

Genesis 26:25
Isaac built an altar there and prayed, calling on God by name. He pitched his tent and his servants started digging another well.

Genesis 28:13
Then God was right before him, saying, "I am God , the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. I'm giving the ground on which you are sleeping to you and to your descendants. Your descendants will be as the dust of the Earth; they'll stretch from west to east and from north to south. All the families of the Earth will bless themselves in you and your descendants. Yes. I'll stay with you, I'll protect you wherever you go, and I'll bring you back to this very ground. I'll stick with you until I've done everything I promised you."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they shall take of the blood,.... Of the lamb, being received into a basin, Exodus 12:22:

and strike it on the two side posts; with a bunch of hyssop dipped into it:

and on the upper doorpost of the houses, wherein they shall eat it; but not on the posts of those houses, the inhabitants of which joined with their neighbours in eating it; though Levi Ben Gersom thinks they were sprinkled as the rest; but to what purpose, when there were no Israelites, and no firstborn in them? the two side posts were the posts of a folding door, on which the two folds were hung, and the upper doorpost is what is afterwards called the lintel, Exodus 12:23 and has its name in Hebrew from looking out; for, as Aben Ezra says, there was a window over the door, as is the custom throughout the whole country of the Ishmaelites or Arabians; and so Schindler says o, which perhaps he took from him, that the word signifies either a lintel, or a little window over the door, through which it might be seen who called or knocked at the door; and adds, in Egypt, as now in Arabia, there were windows over the doors of houses. The sprinkling the blood of the paschal lamb was typical of the sprinkling of the blood of Christ upon the hearts and consciences of his people, and of their peace, safety, and security by it from the wrath of God, and the vengeance of divine justice; of the further use of this rite, see

Exodus 12:22, Aben Ezra mentions it as the opinion of some, that the sprinkling of the blood on those places was to show that they slew the abomination of the Egyptians openly; but he himself gives a much better reason for this rite, namely, that it was to be a propitiation for everyone that ate in the house, and was a sign to the destroyer, that he might look upon it in like manner, as it is said Ezekiel 9:4, "set a mark, &c." this seems to be peculiar to the passover in Egypt, and was not used in later times.

o Lex. Pentaglott. col. 1938.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The upper door post - Or lintel, Exodus 12:23. This direction was understood by the Hebrews to apply only to the first Passover: it was certainly not adopted in Palestine. The meaning of the sprinkling of blood is hardly open to question. It was a representation of the offering of the life, substituted for that of the firstborn in each house, as an expiatory and vicarious sacrifice.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 12:7. Take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts — This was to be done by dipping a bunch of hyssop into the blood, and thus sprinkling it upon the posts, c. see Exodus 12:22. That this sprinkling of the blood of the paschal lamb was an emblem of the sacrifice and atonement made by the death of Jesus Christ, is most clearly intimated in the sacred writings, 1 Peter 1:2; Hebrews 9:13; Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 8:10. It is remarkable that no blood was to be sprinkled on the threshold, to teach, as Mr. Ainsworth properly observes, a reverent regard for the blood of Christ, that men should not tread under foot the Son of GOD, nor count the blood of the covenant wherewith they were sanctified an unholy thing; Hebrews 10:29.