Exodus 12:38-48 ASV

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:43-51

1 . The absolute exclusion of all uncircumcised persons from participation in the passover rite; 2 . The extension of the rite (implied in Exodus 23:19 ) to all full proselytes; and, 3 . The injunction that not a bone of the lamb should be broken. (This last is repeated in Numbers 9:12 ) read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:43-51

The spirit of the Passover ordinance. The features to be specified reappear in the Lord's Supper. The ordinance was— I. EXCLUSIVE . ( Exodus 12:43 , Exodus 12:45 , Exodus 12:48 .) A stranger, an uncircumcised person, and a hired servant, were not to be permitted to oat of it. Their relation to Israel was wholly external. In like manner, the Lord's Supper is exclusive. It excludes the stranger to the death of Christ, the uncircumcised in heart, and those who sustain a merely... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:43-51

The Law of the Passover. I. WHAT GOD REQUIRES IN ITS OBSERVANCE . 1 . God demands purity of communion. No stranger is to cat of it. 2 . It is not to be carried out from the midst of the household of faith. The peace and fellowship of the Gospel are only for the circumcised in heart. 3 . Communion with Christ to be characterised by reverence and holy awe: not a bone of him is to be broken. 4 . Every wall of partition is removed. All who believe have a right to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:44

Every man's servant that is bought for money . Or "every man's slave." The Mosaic Law found servitude existing, and left it existing, only guarding against its extreme abuses ( Exodus 21:20-27 ). It put no check on the traffic in slaves. When thou hast circumcised him . The Jewish commentators say, that the desire of the slave to receive the rite and become a Jew is here implied. But it would seem rather, that opposition and refusal is not thought of as possible (see Genesis 17:13 , ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:45

A foreigner. Literally "a so-journer"— i.e; a foreigner who is merely passing through the land, or staying for a time, without intending to become a permanent resident. The Septuagint πάροικος well expresses the meaning. An hired servant. It is assumed that the "hired servant" will be a foreigner; and intended to guard against any compulsion being put upon him. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:46

In one house shall it be eaten . Compare the directions in Exodus 12:3-10 , which imply this, and see the comment on Exodus 12:10 . Neither shall ye break a bone of it. Kalisch thinks that the lamb was a symbol of the unity of the nation, and was therefore not to have any of its bones broken. This view may be a true one, without being exhaustive. It may have been to mark the unity of the Church in Christ that his bones were not broken, and in view especially of that unity, that the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:47

All the congregation … shall keep it . Rather "shall sacrifice it." (Compare Exodus 12:6 .) read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:48-49

And when a stranger , etc. Here we have the positive ordinance corresponding to the implied permission in Exodus 12:19 , and modifying in the most important and striking way the prohibitive enactment of Exodus 12:43 . The "stranger," even if he only "sojourned" in the land, was to be put on exactly the same spiritual footing as the Israelite ("One law shall be," etc.) if only he and his would be circumcised, and so enter into covenant, read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 12:38

A mixed multitude - Probably remains of the old Semitic population, whether first brought into the district by the Hyksos or not is uncertain. As natural objects of suspicion and dislike to the Egyptians who had lately become masters of the country, they would be anxious to escape, the more especially after the calamities which preceded the Exodus.Very much cattle - This is an important fact, both as showing that the oppression of the Israelites had not extended to confiscation of their... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 12:40

Who dwelt - Read, which they sojourned. The obvious intention of Moses is to state the duration of the sojourn in Egypt. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:43-51

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:43-51

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:43-51

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:44

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:45

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:46

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:47

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:48-49

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 12:38

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 12:40

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