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Exodo 12:1
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Reciprocal: Genesis 20:7 - a prophet Exodus 11:2 - borrow Exodus 12:18 - General Exodus 14:1 - the Lord spake Exodus 40:2 - the first month Numbers 9:2 - keep Ezekiel 45:21 - ye shall
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 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" y; 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.
y ויאמר "alloquutus antem fuerat", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "dixerat autem"; so some in Drusius, and Ainsworth.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
This chapter was written some time after the Exodus, probably when Moses put together the portions of the book toward the end of his life. The statements that these instructions were given in the land of Egypt, and that they were given to Moses and Aaron, are important: the one marks the special dignity of this ordinance, which was established before the Sinaitic code; the other marks the distinction between Moses and Aaron and all other prophets. They alone were prophets of the law, i. e. no law was promulgated by any other prophets.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XII
The month Abib is to be considered as the commencement of
the year, 1, 2.
The PASSOVER instituted; the lamb or kid to be used on the
occasion to be taken from the flock the tenth day of the
month, and each family to provide one, 3, 4.
The lamb or kid to be a male of the first year without
blemish, 5.
To be killed on the fourteenth day, 6,
and the blood to be sprinkled on the side posts and lintels
of the doors, 7.
The flesh to be prepared by roasting, and not to be eaten
either sodden or raw, 8, 9;
and no part of it to be left till the morning, 10.
The people to eat it with their loins girded, c., as persons
prepared for a journey, 11.
Why called the PASSOVER, 12.
The blood sprinkled on the door posts, &c., to be a token to
them of preservation from the destroying angel, 13.
The fourteenth day of the month Abib to be a feast for ever,
14.
Unleavened bread to be eaten seven days, 15.
This also to be observed in all their generations for ever, 17-20.
Moses instructs the elders of Israel how they are to offer
the lamb and sprinkle his blood, and for what purpose, 21-23.
He binds them to instruct their children in the nature of
this rite, 24-27.
The children of Israel act as commanded, 28.
All the first-born of Egypt slain, 29, 30.
Pharaoh and the Egyptians urge Moses, Aaron, and the Israelites
to depart, 31-33.
They prepare for their departure, and get gold, silver, and
raiment from the Egyptians, 34-36.
They journey from Rameses to Succoth, in number six hundred
thousand men, besides women and children, and a mixed multitude,
37, 38.
They bake unleavened cakes of the dough they brought with them
out of Egypt, 39.
The time in which they sojourned in Egypt, 40-42.
Different ordinances concerning the PASSOVER, 43-49
which are all punctually observed by the people, who are brought
out of Egypt the same day, 50, 51.
NOTES ON CHAP. XII
