Exodus 12:2-10

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 12:6

6. keep it up until the fourteenth day, c.—Being selected from the rest of the flock, it was to be separated four days before sacrifice and for the same length of time was Christ under examination and His spotless innocence declared before the world. kill it in the evening—that is, the interval between the sun's beginning to decline, and sunset, corresponding to our three o'clock in the afternoon. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 12:7

7. take of the blood, and strike it on the two side-posts, c.—as a sign of safety to those within. The posts must be considered of tents, in which the Israelites generally lived, though some might be in houses. Though the Israelites were sinners as well as the Egyptians, God was pleased to accept the substitution of a lamb—the blood of which, being seen sprinkled on the doorposts, procured them mercy. It was to be on the sideposts and upper doorposts, where it might be looked to, not on the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 12:8

8. roast with fire—for the sake of expedition; and this difference was always observed between the cooking of the paschal lamb and the other offerings ( :-). unleavened bread—also for the sake of despatch (Deuteronomy 16:3), but as a kind of corruption (Deuteronomy 16:3- :) there seems to have been a typical meaning under it (Deuteronomy 16:3- :). bitter herbs—literally, "bitters"—to remind the Israelites of their affliction in Egypt, and morally of the trials to which God's people are subject... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 12:9

9. Eat not of it raw—that is, with any blood remaining; a caveat against conformity to idolatrous practices. It was to be roasted whole, not a bone to be broken, and this pointed to Christ ( :-). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 12:10

10. let nothing of it remain until the morning—which might be applied in a superstitious manner, or allowed to putrefy, which in a hot climate would speedily have ensued; and which was not becoming in what had been offered to God. :-. THE RITE OF THE PASSOVER. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 12:1-14

Directions for the Passover 12:1-14The Jews called their first month Abib (Exodus 12:2). After the Babylonian captivity they renamed it Nisan (Nehemiah 2:1; Esther 3:7). It corresponds to our March-April. Abib means "ear-month" referring to the month when the grain was in the ear."The reference to the Passover month as the ’lead month,’ ’the first of the year’s months’ is best understood as a double entendre. On the one hand, the statement may be connected with an annual calendar, but on the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 12:1-16

C. God’s redemption of His people 12:1-13:16Scholars differ in their opinions as to when Israel actually became a nation. Many have made a strong case for commencing national existence with the institution of the Passover, which this section records. The proper translation of the Hebrew word pasah is really "hover over" rather than "pass over." [Note: Meredith G. Kline, "The Feast of Cover-over," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 37:4 (December 1994):497-510.] ". . . properly... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 12:1-28

1. The consecration of Israel as the covenant nation 12:1-28"The account of the final proof of Yahweh’s Presence in Egypt has been expanded by a series of instructions related to cultic [ritual worship] requirements designed to commemorate that proof and the freedom it purchased." [Note: Durham, p. 152.] read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:1-51

The Institution of the Passover. The Tenth Plague, and the Departure of Israel1. In the land of Egypt] These words suggest that what follows was written independently of the foregoing narrative, and an examination of this chapter shows that it contains two separate accounts of the institution of the Passover, one extending from Exodus 12:1-20, the other from Exodus 12:21-28. The latter is the proper continuation of Exodus 11.2. The beginning of months] The exodus is regarded as an... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 12:2

(2) The beginning of months.—Hitherto the Hebrews had commenced the year with Tisri, at or near the autumnal equinox. (See Exodus 23:16.) In thus doing, they followed neither the Egyptian nor the Babylonian custom. The Egyptians began the year in June, with the first rise of the Nile; the Babylonians in Nisannu, at the vernal equinox. It was this month which was now made, by God’s command, the first month of the Hebrew year; but as yet it had not the name Nisan: it was called Abib (Exodus... read more

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 12:6

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 12:7

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 12:8

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 12:9

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 12:10

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 12:1-14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 12:1-16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 12:1-28

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:1-51

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 12:2

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