John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 12:4
And if the household be too little for the lamb ,.... That they cannot eat it up at once: let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls ; which Josephus F5 De Bello Jud. l. 6. c. 9. sect. 3. says were never fewer than ten, and were often twenty, but no man might feast alone; with which agrees the Jewish canon F6 Misn. Pesach. c. 8. sect. 7. ,"they do not kill the passover lamb for a single person, nor even for a society consisting... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 12:1-20
Moses and Aaron here receive of the Lord what they were afterwards to deliver to the people concerning the ordinance of the passover, to which is prefixed an order for a new style to be observed in their months (Exod. 12:1, 2): This shall be to you the beginning of months. They had hitherto begun their year from the middle of September, but henceforward they were to begin it from the middle of March, at least in all their ecclesiastical computations. Note, It is good to begin the day, and... read more