Exodus 12 INSTRUCTIONS TO ISRAEL CONCERNING THE PASSOVER. This chapter is partly historical, and partly explanatory. It splits into a number of sections. (1) Exodus 12:1 contain the explanations given by Yahweh to Moses and Aaron with regard to the conducting of the first Passover. (2) Exodus 12:15... [ Continue Reading ]
INSTRUCTIONS CONCERNING THE LATER FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD (EXODUS 12:15). These instructions had the future in mind. They would not be in their houses in order to observe it in Egypt, although it may well have been a feast that they previously observed. But now it was to be directly connected wit... [ Continue Reading ]
THE ELDERS ARE INSTRUCTED HOW TO OBSERVE THE FIRST PASSOVER AND YAHWEH PASSES OVER EGYPT AND SLAYS THE FIRSTBORN (EXODUS 12:21). a Moses calls on the elders of Israel that all families shall take lambs/kids and kill the Passover and put blood on the doorposts and lintels of their houses and not go... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FINAL FAREWELL (EXODUS 12:31). Yahweh has delivered the final telling blow and Pharaoh tells Moses and Aaron that very night that they may go with all that they have and worship Yahweh, and seeks his right as their overlord to expect a blessing from their God. They thus depart loaded with riche... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIRST STAGES OF THEIR JOURNEY (EXODUS 12:37 TO EXODUS 13:22). The journey from Egypt now commencing we are informed of the quantity of those leaving and the connection backwards with when they first entered Egypt. This is then followed by instructions concerning who in future will be able to pa... [ Continue Reading ]
THE MIXED MULTITUDE, AND THOSE WHO WILL, CAN ENTER GOD'S COVENANT AND SHARE THE PASSOVER (EXODUS 12:42). The extra instructions that follow were partly necessary because of the mixed multitude that had joined up with them, and they are thus introduced at this point. But they are also important as i... [ Continue Reading ]