And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, Ver. 1. _And the Lord spake_] Befeore the slaughter of the firstborn, yea, before that plague was threatened. See Mr Torshel's design for harmonising the Bible.... [ Continue Reading ]
This month [shall be] unto you the beginning of months: it [shall be] the first month of the year to you. Ver. 2. _This month._] Called Abib in Exodus 13:4; with us called March or April; when the day lengthening, and the sun ascending, each thing begins to revive. To show, saith one, that by the t... [ Continue Reading ]
Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth [day] of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of [their] fathers, a lamb for an house: Ver. 3. _In the tenth day._] The paschal lamb was taken up the tenth day, but not sacrificed till the four... [ Continue Reading ]
And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take [it] according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. Ver. 4. _Shall make your count,_] _sc., _ Of communicants; that the whole may be eaten... [ Continue Reading ]
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take [it] out from the sheep, or from the goats: Ver. 5. _Without blemish._] Christ, that immaculate Lamb of God, was hereby typified, 1Pe 1:19 _See Trapp on "_ 1Pe 1:19 _"_ From the sheep, or from the goats.] A lamb; to show C... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. Ver. 6. _Until the fourteenth day._] _See Trapp on "_ Exo 12:3 _"_ In the evening.] Christ came in the evening of the world; Heb 1:2 in "the last h... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall take of the blood, and strike [it] on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. Ver. 7. _And strike it on the two sideposts._] Not on the threshold. We may not "tread under foot the Son of God, or count the blood of the covenant an unholy... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; [and] with bitter [herbs] they shall eat it. Ver. 8. _In that night._] By candle light. So must we feed upon Christ, _lumine supernaturali._ "By his knowledge doth God's righteous servant justify many." Isa 53:11 _... [ Continue Reading ]
Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast [with] fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. Ver. 9. _His head with his legs._] To let us see our need of whole Christ, and our most perfect communion with him.... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. Ver. 10. _And ye shall let nothing of it remain._] We may not presume to sin in hope of pardon. Christ will not stand us for a sinning stock.... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 11. _With your loins girded._] As pressed and intent to the service. So we should be at all times, but especially when to depart... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 12. _And I will smite all the firstborn._] This crosseth not that in Ezekiel 18:20, "The... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 13. _I will pass over you._] Or, overlook you. So he dealeth oft by his, who should t... [ Continue Reading ]
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 for ever. _Ver 14. By an ordinance for ever._] Till "Christ our passover" should be "sacrificed for us"; 1Co 5:7 and then the Christian passo... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 15. _Ye shall put away leaven._] All unsoundness in point of faith, an... [ Continue Reading ]
And in the first day [there shall be] an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an 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. Ver. 16. _A holy convocation._] This same word, in the Hebrew, si... [ Continue Reading ]
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 for ever. Ver. 17. _In this selfsame day._] Heb., In the body, or strength, of this day: so the... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 18. _Until the one and twentieth day._] As Augustine said of the feast of pentecost, might these of the passover, may we of the Gun Powder Plot... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Ver. 19. _No leaven found._] _See Trapp on "_ Exo 12:15 _"_ Shall be cut off.] For... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread. Ver. 20. _Ye shall eat nothing leavened._] Watch carefully against corruption in life and doctrine: be punctual in your preparation to and participation of the Christian passover.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. Ver. 21. _All the elders of Israel._] The masters of families, who in this family service were to kill and eat, and set before the rest of the househol... [ Continue Reading ]
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; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. Ver. 22. _A bunch of hyssop._] A herb of a purging prop... [ Continue Reading ]
_For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite [you]._ Ver. 23. _Will not suffer the destroyer._] Angels delight... [ Continue Reading ]
And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever. Ver. 24. _For ever._] _See Trapp on "_ Exo 12:15 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service. Ver. 25. _Ye shall keep this service._] Yet with some variation of circumstance.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service? Ver. 26. _When your children._] Children are to be carefully catechised and informed. Eph 6:4 _See Trapp on "_ Eph 6:4 _"_ Luther scorned not to profess himself _discipulura catechism,_ a catechism schol... [ Continue Reading ]
That ye shall say, It [is] the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped. Ver. 27. _Bowed the head._] In token of submission to the command, and... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Israel went away, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they. Ver. 28. _Went away, and did, &c._] They that will not timeously obey God's sweet precepts, shall one day have no other command to obey but that bitter, _Ite maledicti,_ "Go, ye cursed," &c.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that [was] in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. Ver. 29. _From the firstborn of Pharaoh._] See Exodus 12:12... [ Continue Reading ]
And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for [there was] not a house where [there was] not one dead. Ver. 30. _For there was not a house._] Neither is there a house amongst us, hardly, where not one but many are "dead in... [ Continue Reading ]
And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, [and] get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said. Ver. 31. _And he called for Moses._] That is, He sent them to be packing. See Exodus 10:29 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. Ver. 32. _Bless me also._] So Maximinus, the persecutor, being sorely diseased, sent to beg the prayers of the Church. "In their month you shall find" these wild asses. Jer 2:24... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We [be] all dead [men]. Ver. 33. _We be all dead men._] _Quis autem vult mori? prorsus nemo._ Everything makes much of life, from the highest angel to the lowest worm. _a_ a Zωον φιλοζ... [ Continue Reading ]
_And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders._ Ver. 34. _Took their dough, &c., upon their shoulders._] Not upon their camels, which, saith Aben Erza, were laden with the precious things borrowed of the Egyptians... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment: Ver. 35. _And they borrowed._] For their use at that solemn feast they were to keep in the wilderness. The Egyptians denied them nothing; as willing t... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them [such things as they required]. And they spoiled the Egyptians. Ver. 36. _Spoiled the Egyptians._] _See Trapp on "_ Exo 8:2 _"_... [ Continue Reading ]
And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot [that were] men, beside children. Ver. 37. _About six hundred thousand._] So that promise to Abraham was fulfilled, in Genesis 15:14; and that to Jacob, in Genesis 46:3 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, [even] very much cattle. Ver. 38. _And a mixed multitude._] Of strangers, that "took hold of the skirts of these Jews, and said, We will go with you," Zec 8:23 but afterwards turned tippet, Num 11:4 lusted greatly and greedily, an... [ Continue Reading ]
And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual. Ver. 39. _And they baked unleavened cakes._] A memorial of which sweet mercy... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, [was] four hundred and thirty years. Ver. 40. _Was four hundred and thirty years,_] sc., From the time that Abraham began to sojourn in the land of Canaan, and to pass into Egypt. Gen 12:10 See Galatians 3:17, _See Trapp on "_ Gal 3:... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. Ver. 41. _Even the selfsame day._] God, saith one, had well nigh forfeited his bond; but ere the sun went down he payed the deb... [ Continue Reading ]
It [is] a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this [is] that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations. Ver. 42. _This is that night._] That, with an accent. God expects our returns should be answerable to o... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This [is] the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: Ver. 43. _There shall no stranger, &c._] Strangers are excluded; to show that the faithful only have fellowship with Christ; _contra quam Lutherani ineptiunt,_ saith one.... [ Continue Reading ]
But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. Ver. 44. _When thou hast circumcised him._] And so adinitted him into the fellowship of the faithful. A man must live before he can be nourished; bred before be can be fed.... [ Continue Reading ]
A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. Ver. 45. _A foreigner._] Unless a proselyte.... [ Continue Reading ]
In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. Ver. 46. _In one house._] To teach them unity; which, indeed, is not anywhere found but in the Church. "My dove is but ore." Son 6:9... [ Continue Reading ]
All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. Ver. 47. _Shall keep it._] Or perish for their neglect. _Aut faciendum, aut patiendum; _ either men must do it, or die for it.... [ Continue Reading ]
And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof. Ver. 48. _No uncircumcised person shall eat... [ Continue Reading ]
One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. Ver. 49. _And unto the stranger._] The proselyte, who is _Peregrinus iustitiae, non solum peregrinus portae,_ as the Rabbins distinguish,... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
And it came to pass the selfsame day, [that] the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies. Ver. 51. _The selfsame day._] See on Exo 12:41 God is very precise and punctual. We have a saying much like ourselves, A day breaks no square. But it is not so with God.... [ Continue Reading ]