Exodus 12:21-42

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Exodus 12:30

Pharao, who it seems was not the eldest son. Where the first-born of a family had a son, both were consigned to destruction. (Menochius) read more

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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Exodus 12:32

Bless me, by exposing me to no further danger by your stay. read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Exodus 12:34

Leavened; which dough afterwards made unleavened ember-cakes. Hebrew, "and misharoth (a word which the Vulgate does not translate) provisions" of flour, &c., ver. 39. (Josephus, [Antiquities?] ii. 6.) --- This flour might be tied up in their cloaks, as they were only square pieces of cloth, Ruth iii. 15. (Calmet) read more

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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Exodus 12:36

The Egyptians, who afterwards, pursuing them unjustly, put it out of their power to restore, if they had not been otherwise dispensed with by God. (Haydock) read more

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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Exodus 12:37

Ramesse. The first of the 42 stations or encampments of the Hebrews. (Menochius) --- Socoth, or tents, perhaps the scen'e6 of Antoninus, or the Mischenot, mentioned chap i. 11. --- About. Moses does not speak with such precision, as after the people had been numbered, and were found, 13 months after, to be 603,550 men, without the Levites, or those under 20 years. (Calmet) --- Women and old men, and Egyptians, who joined their company, might make them amount to three millions. (Menochius) read more

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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Exodus 12:40

Egypt. Samaritan and Septuagint add, "and in the land of Chanaan, they and their fathers," dating from the departure of Abraham from Haran in his 75th year; from which period, till Jacob's going into Egypt, 215 years elapsed. Kennicott produces this instance, as a proof that the Hebrew text is defective: Dis. 1. p. 399. Josephus, [Antiquities?] ii. 15; St. Augustine, q. 47. and others, admit this addition as genuine; which, however we have observed on Genesis, is rejected by Ayrolus,... read more

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George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Exodus 12:42

Observable, in which the Lord has been our sentinel and preserver. (Vatable) read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:21-28

21-28 That night, when the first-born were to be destroyed, no Israelite must stir out of doors till called to march out of Egypt. Their safety was owing to the blood of sprinkling. If they put themselves from under the protection of that, it was at their peril. They must stay within, to wait for the salvation of the Lord; it is good to do so. In after-times they should carefully teach their children the meaning of this service. It is good for children to ask about the things of God; they that... read more

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:29-36

29-36 The Egyptians had been for three days and nights kept in anxiety and horror by the darkness; now their rest is broken by a far more terrible calamity. The plague struck their first-born, the joy and hope of their families. They had slain the Hebrews' children, now God slew theirs. It reached from the throne to the dungeon: prince and peasant stand upon the same level before God's judgments. The destroying angel entered every dwelling unmarked with blood, as the messenger of woe. He did... read more

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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

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