Bible Commentary

Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. 20. in all your habitations ] i.e. throughout the land generally. Another of P’s standing expressions: Exo 35:3, Lev 3:17; Lev 7:26; Lev 23:3; Lev 23:14; Lev 23:21; Lev 23:31, Num 35:29; cf. Eze 6:6; Eze 6:14. 21 27 (J). Moses … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 12:20”

Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. 19. Repeated, with slight alterations of phraseology, from v. 15, and with the new regulation … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 12:19”

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. 18. The more precise determination of the ‘7 days’ of v. 15. They were to begin with the evening of the day on which the Passover … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 12:18”

And ye shall observe [the feast of] unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance forever. 17. selfsame day ] A peculiar expression, lit. the bone (i.e. the substance) of the day, the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 12:17”

And in the first day [there shall be] a holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be a holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save [that] which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. 16. On the first and seventh day there … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 12:16”

Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. 15. Seven days ] from the 15th to the 21st of the first month. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 12:15”

And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance forever. 14. this day ] not, as might seem at first sight, the 14th of the month, the day on which the Passover … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 12:14”

And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye [are]: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy [you], when I smite the land of Egypt. 13. pass over ] The Heb. is psa, cognate with … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 12:13”

For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I [am] the LORD. 12. And I will go through, &c.] cf. Exo 11:4. and against, &c.] cf. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 12:12”

And thus shall ye eat it; [with] your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it [is] the LORD’s passover. 11. The Israelites are to partake of the Passover completely prepared for their departure. your loins girded ] The long and loose … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 12:11”