Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:6
6. Until the fourteenth day For three days, which were, as we suppose, the days of darkness in the land of Egypt, the devoted lamb was kept for the sacrifice in each family the centre of prayerful and grateful meditations as they talked together of the great morning of deliverance that was about to dawn on them. The whole assembly Each family in its own house, that the sacrifice might be simultaneous in all the land. In the evening Literally, Between the two evenings; the time which... read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:1-30
THE TEN PLAGUES, Exodus 7:8 to Exodus 12:30. Moses and Aaron now stand before Pharaoh as ministers of judgment, and the conflict opens between Jehovah and the gods of Egypt. The first contest between the messengers of Jehovah and the magicians, or enchanters, who are regarded as the servants of the false gods, given in Exodus 7:8-13, is properly the opening scene of the struggle, and is therefore here included in the section with it. Several general observations on the whole subject are most... read more