Exodus 12:1 KJV — MannaFest

Exodus 12:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

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ASV

And Jehovah spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

WEB

Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

YLT

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, in the land of Egypt, saying,

DBT

And Jehovah spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

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Exodus — Deliverance, covenant, presence. A slave-people redeemed from Egypt, brought to Sinai, and given a tabernacle so that God might dwell among them.

Author: Moses — traditional attribution; internal narrator identifies Moses as recorder (17:14, 24:4, 34:27)
Date: 15th or 13th century BC, depending on chronology of the exodus

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Passover — Feast of Unleavened BreadThe Passover lamb instituted; the memorial feast for all generations.

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9 verses on the floor

Exodus 40:2
On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
Exodus 12:18
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
Numbers 9:2
Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
Numbers 9:5
And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
1 Samuel 2:27
And there came a man of God unto Eli, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Did I plainly appear unto the house of thy father, when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh’s house?

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This new calculation began the year with the spring, which reneweth the face of the earth, and was used as a figure of the coming of Christ, Cant. ii. We may suppose that, while Moses was bringing the ten plagues upon the Egyptians, he was directing the Israelites to prepare for their departure at an hour's warning.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

the Lord spake unto Moses--rather, "had spoken unto Moses and Aaron"; for it is evident that the communication here described must have been made to them on or before the tenth of the month.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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