_A NEW START_ ‘This month shall be … the first month of the year to you.’ Exodus 12:2 Egypt behind—Sinai before—Canaan beyond—this is the exact account of the position of Israel when God said to him, ‘This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE SPRINKLED DOORPOSTS_ ‘And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason,’ etc. Exodus 12:22 The night of the Passover was ‘a night much to be remembered.’ Wherever a Jew exists i... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE PASSOVER_ ‘This is the ordinance of the passover.’ Exodus 12:43 Between the announcement of the closing plague and the night of its actual accomplishment, a considerable interval must have elapsed. Time was given, in the wise delay of God, for the widespread preparations that were necessary;... [ Continue Reading ]