The upper door post - Or lintel, Exodus 12:23. This direction was understood by the Hebrews to apply only to the first Passover: it was certainly not adopted in Palestine. The meaning of the sprinkling of blood is hardly open to question. It was a representation of the offering of the life, substituted for that of the firstborn in each house, as an expiatory and vicarious sacrifice. read more
Exodus 12:3. In the tenth day of this month It was necessary they should now begin to prepare the passover four days before, because otherwise it would have been difficult to get ready so many lambs in Egypt, especially as they were to depart in haste; besides, this being the first instance of the celebration of the ordinance, they would require more time to prepare for a ceremony entirely new. But in future ages they did not begin the preparation till the thirteenth, the day before the... read more
Exodus 12:4. If the household be too little The Hebrew doctors tell us, that there were not to be fewer than ten persons, nor more than twenty, to the eating of one lamb. And at this sacred repast, men, women, and children, masters and servants, if circumcised, were entertained. read more
Exodus 12:5. Your lamb shall be without blemish Shall be perfect, as the Hebrew is, that is, in all its parts. This was a qualification indispensably requisite in all sacrifices: Leviticus 22:20-24. Even the heathen, in the worship of their false gods, were particular in this circumstance. A male Because the males were accounted more excellent, and their flesh better than that of females. Of the first year Under a year old, not above: for the lamb, as also a kid and calf, was fit for... read more
Exodus 12:6. Ye shall keep it up Keep it apart from the rest of the flock. The whole assembly, shall kill it That is, any man of the whole assembly might kill it. For slaying the passover was not appropriated to the priests. read more
Exodus 12:7. They shall take of the blood Which was to be sprinkled before the flesh was eaten. Strike it on the two side-posts, and the upper door- post These were to be sprinkled by dipping a bunch of hyssop into the blood, Exodus 12:22; but not the threshold, lest any one should tread upon the blood, which would have been profane. read more
The Passover (12:1-36)Until now the Israelites had escaped the judgment of the plagues without having to do anything, but now their safety depended on their carrying out God’s commands. Redemption involves faith and obedience.Each family would be delivered from judgment only by killing a sacrificial animal as substitute for it, and sprinkling the animal’s blood on the door of the house where the family lived. The sprinkled blood indicated to those outside that a substitutionary sacrifice had... read more
Israel . Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "of the sons of Israel". man . Hebrew. 'ish ( App-14 .) lamb . Hebrew. seh, " one of a flock", i.e. a lamb or a ' kid, Exodus 12:5 . Deu 14:4 . 2 Chronicles 35:7 . house . Fixed later (by custom) as not less than ten persons. read more
it. Ellipsis to be supplied by "the lamb" from verse preceding ( App-6 ). souls . Hebrew, plural of nephesh. Verse 15, singular. See App-13 . eating. Hebrew mouth. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6 , mouth put for what is eaten by it. lamb . Repeated at beginning of next clause in the Figure of speech Anadiplosis ( App-6 ) for emphasis. read more
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Exodus 12:6
Until the fourteenth day - It should be observed that the offering of our Lord on the self-same day is an important point in determining the typical character of the transaction. A remarkable passage in the Talmud says: “It was a famous and old opinion among the ancient Jews that the day of the new year which was the beginning of the Israelites’ deliverance out of Egypt should in future time be the beginning of the redemption by the Messiah.”In the evening - The Hebrew has between the two... read more