Exodus 12:40-41

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:37-42

37-42 The children of Israel set forward without delay. A mixed multitude went with them. Some, perhaps, willing to leave their country, laid waste by plagues; others, out of curiosity; perhaps a few out of love to them and their religion. But there were always those among the Israelites who were not Israelites. Thus there are still hypocrites in the church. This great event was 430 years from the promise made to Abraham: see Galatians 3:17. So long the promise of a settlement was unfulfilled.... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Exodus 12:40-51

Further Precepts Concerning the Passover v. 40. Now the sojourning of the children of Israel who dwelt in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years, four long or ten short generations as they were then reckoned. v. 41. And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord, the great armies that were to wage His wars, went out from the land of Egypt. The departure of them all took place on the same day, on the... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Exodus 12:37-51

D.—The exodus from Egypt. Legal enactments consequent on liberationExodus 12:37 to Exodus 13:1637And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot, that were men [the men] beside [besides] children. 38And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. 39And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Exodus 12:37-51

Israel Led out of Egypt Exodus 12:37-51 The 600,000 were males above 20 years of age, Numbers 1:3-43 . This would make the entire body not less than 2,000,000 of people of all ages. Succoth was the first rallying point on which the various bands converged. It stood in open country, over which their flocks and herds spread themselves. It was, indeed, a night to be observed, when the Exodus took place, because, as Bunsen says, it was the beginning of history; and we may almost say further that... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Exodus 12:1-51

While the subjects necessarily intermingle at this point, we turn from the contemplation of the judgments of Jehovah in dealing with Pharaoh to that of deliverance in His dealings with Israel. As these people were now to pass into national constitution, the calendar was altered. A rite was established which was called an ordinance, a feast, a sacrifice. Thus at the very beginning the nation was reminded that it was rooted in the fact of deliverance wrought by God through sacrifice. The story... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:37-42

The First Stages of Their Journey (Exodus 12:37 to Exodus 13:22 ). The journey from Egypt now commencing we are informed of the quantity of those leaving and the connection backwards with when they first entered Egypt. This is then followed by instructions concerning who in future will be able to participate in the Passover. This had become very important in view of the mixed multitude (peoples of many nations) who accompanied them. As a result of the Passover their firstborn sons and beasts... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:37-49

Exodus 12:37 – Exodus 18. From Egypt to Sinai. Exodus 12:37-Ephesians : J. The Exodus.— From Rameses ( Exodus 1:11 b *) the first stage of the journey took the people 10 miles W. to Succoth (Eg. Thikke), the district round Pithom ( Exodus 1:11 b). The number 600,000 ( cf. Numbers 11:21), not including “ children” (rather “ little ones,” i.e. women and children, as Exodus 10:10, Exodus 12:24, and often in J), implies a total of about two millions, which not only involves a complex and... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:40-51

Exodus 12:40-Luke : Rp. Time spent in Egypt.— The Biblical writers are not in agreement about the length of Israel’ s stay in Egypt. Here it is given (probably by Rp) as 430 years ( cf. 400 years in Genesis 15:13 Rje, Acts 7:6, and Josephus). But in Exodus 6:14-Daniel : (also Rp, cf. Genesis 15:16 E) Moses and his contemporaries are the fourth generation. To reconcile the two estimates, the words “ and in the land of Canaan,” i.e. before the entry into Egypt, are interpolated in Exodus... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Exodus 12:40

It is plain that those years are to be computed from the first promise made to Abraham, Genesis 12:1,Genesis 12:2, to the giving of the law, from Galatians 3:17, where this is affirmed. And although it doth not plainly appear when that promise was made, because the Scripture mentions not Abraham’s age, neither when it was made, nor when Abraham came to Haran with his father, Genesis 11:31, but only when he went out of Haran, being seventy-five years old, Genesis 12:4; yet a good while after it... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Exodus 12:41

If this be the right translation, the four hundred and thirty years mentioned Galatians 3:17 are to be taken in a latitude, for about or near so many years, as is very frequent in Scripture and other authors; else there wants one year of it, because the law was not given till about a year after their coming out of Egypt. Nor was it of any concernment to the apostle’s argument there, whether it wanted a year of that number or no, as here it is. But the words may be rendered here, as Genesis... read more

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:37-42

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Exodus 12:40-51

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Exodus 12:37-51

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Exodus 12:37-51

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Exodus 12:1-51

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:37-42

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:37-49

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:40-51

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Exodus 12:40

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Exodus 12:41

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