Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 12:50
Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
50. Thus did, &c.] The words seem unsuitable where they stand; for as the passover had been already eaten ( v. 28), the injunction given in vv. 43 49 could not possibly now be at once carried out. Perhaps (Di.) they were once preceded by vv. 14 20 (see on these verses).
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Thus did all the children of Israel,…. They slew a lamb, and roasted and ate it, with unleavened bread, and bitter herbs, and took a bunch of hyssop, and dipped it in the blood, and struck the lintel and the side posts of the doors of their houses: this they did on the night of their deliverance out of Egypt:
as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they; being instructed by them; which is an instance of their ready and cheerful obedience to the divine will, which they were under great obligation to perform, from a grateful sense of the wonderful mercy and favour they now were made partakers of.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Exo 12:50 closes the instructions concerning the Passover with the statement that the Israelites carried them out, viz., in after times (e.g., Num 9:5); and in Exo 12:51 the account of the exodus from Egypt is also brought to a close. All that Jehovah promised to Moses in Exo 6:6 and Exo 6:26 had now been fulfilled. But although v. 51 is a concluding formula, and so belongs to the account just closed, Abenezra was so far right in wishing to connect this verse with the commencement of the following chapter, that such concluding formulae generally serve to link together the different incidents, and therefore not only wind up what goes before, but introduce what has yet to come.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
50. Thus did all the children of Israel. This chiefly refers to the slaying of the Paschal lamb with its adjuncts, although I do not deny that allusion is also made to the other circumstances attending their sudden departure. But it is not so much their promptitude and alacrity which are praised, as the wondrous power of God in fashioning their hearts, and directing their hands, so that, in the darkness of the night, amidst the greatest disturbances, in precipitate haste, with nothing well prepared, they were so active and dexterous. Meanwhile, Moses concludes, from the obedience of the people, that nothing was done without the command and guidance of God; from whence it is more clearly manifest that He was the sole author of their deliverance.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
The sacred historian feels himself so much delighted in recording those mercies that he knows not how to break off: but ends the chapter with again repeating them. So thought David, Psa 108:1-3 . But with what additional rapture should we sing again and again of the blessings of spiritual redemption? Psa 103:1-4Psa 103:1-4 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Exo 12:50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
Ver. 50. So did they. ] Very submissive they were at first; but it lasted not long, as the story showeth and the psalmist oft complaineth.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
as the Lord: Deu 4:1, Deu 4:2, Deu 12:32, Mat 7:24, Mat 7:25, Mat 28:20, Joh 2:5, Joh 13:17, Joh 15:14, Rev 22:15, by their armies, Exo 12:41, Exo 6:26, Exo 7:4
Reciprocal: Hos 12:13 – General