Exodus 12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:13

The blood shall be to you for a token - It shall be the sign to the destroying angel, that the house on which he sees this blood sprinkled is under the protection of God, and that no person in it is to be injured. See Clarke on Exodus 12:11 ; (note). read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:14

A memorial - To keep up a remembrance of the severity and goodness, or justice and mercy, of God. Ye shall keep it a feast - it shall be annually observed, and shall be celebrated with solemn religious joy, throughout your generations - as long as ye continue to be a distinct people; an ordinance - a Divine appointment, an institution of God himself, neither to be altered nor set aside by any human authority. For ever - עולם חקת chukkath olam , an everlasting or endless statute,... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:15

Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread - This has been considered as a distinct ordinance, and not essentially connected with the passover. The passover was to be observed on the fourteenth day of the first month; the feast of unleavened bread began on the fifteenth and lasted seven days, the first and last of which were holy convocations. That soul shall be cut off - There are thirty-six places in which this excision or cutting off is threatened against the Jews for neglect of some... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:16

In the first day and in the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation - This is the first place where we meet with the account of an assembly collected for the mere purpose of religious worship. Such assemblies are called holy convocations, which is a very appropriate appellation for a religious assembly; they were called together by the express command of God, and were to be employed in a work of holiness. מקרא mikra , convocation, is a word of similar import with the Greek ... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:17

Self-same day - בעצם beetsem , in the body of this day, or in the strength of this day; probably they began their march about day-break, called here the body or strength of the day, and in Deuteronomy 16:1 , by night - sometime before the sun rose. read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:19

No leaven found in your houses - To meet the letter of this precept in the fullest manner possible, the Jews, on the eve of this festival, institute the most rigorous search through every part of their houses, not only removing all leavened bread, but sweeping every part clean, that no crumb of bread shall be left that had any leaven in it. And so strict were they in the observance of the letter of this law, that if even a mouse was seen to run across the floor with a crumb of bread in its... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:21

Kill the passover - That is, the lamb, which was called the paschal or passover lamb. The animal that was to be sacrificed on this occasion got the name of the institution itself: thus the word covenant is often put for the sacrifice offered in making the covenant; so the rock was Christ, 1 Corinthians 10:4 ; bread and wine the body and blood of Christ, Mark 14:22 , Mark 14:24 . St. Paul copies the expression, 1 Corinthians 5:7 ; : Christ our passover (that is, our paschal lamb) is... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:22

A bunch of hyssop - The original word אזוב ezob has been variously translated musk, rosemary, polypody of the wall, mint, origanum, marjoram, and Hyssop: the latter seems to be the most proper. Parkhurst says it is named from its detersive and cleansing qualities, whence it was used in sprinkling the blood of the paschal lamb, in cleansing the leprosy, Leviticus 14:4 , Leviticus 14:6 , Leviticus 14:51 , Leviticus 14:52 ; in composing the water of purification, Numbers 19:6 ,... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:26

What mean ye by this service? - The establishment of this service annually was a very wise provision to keep up in remembrance this wonderful deliverance. From the remotest antiquity the institution of feasts, games, etc., has been used to keep up the memory of past grand events. Hence God instituted the Sabbath, to keep up the remembrance of the creation; and the passover to keep up the remembrance of the deliverance from Egypt. All the other feasts were instituted on similar reasons. The... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:27

It is the sacrifice of the Lord's passover - We have already intimated that the paschal lamb was an illustrious type of Christ; and we shall find that every thing in this account is typical or representative. The bondage and affliction of the people of Israel may be considered as emblems of the hard slavery and wretchedness consequent on a state of sinfulness. Satan reigns over both body and soul, bringing the whole into subjection to the law of sin and death; while various evil tempers,... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:26

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:27

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