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Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

Exodus 12:43

And the Lord said - From this verse to Exodus 13:16 are instructions regarding the Passover. Such instructions were needed when the Israelites were joined by the “mixed multitude:” of strangers; and they were probably given at Succoth, on the morning following the departure from Rameses.

No stranger - Literally, “son of a stranger.” The term is general; it includes all who were aliens from Israel, until they were incorporated into the nation by circumcision.

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See also Exodus 12:43 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

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  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 12:37 - EXODUS 18. FROM EGYPT TO SINAI. Exodus 12:37 J. THE EXODUS. From Rameses (Exodus 1:11_ b_ *) the first stage of the journey took the people 10 miles W. to Succoth (Eg. Thikke), the dis...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 12:40 Rp. TIME SPENT IN EGYPT. The Biblical writers are not in agreement about the length of Israel's stay in Egypt. Here it is given (probably by Rp) as 430 years (_cf._ 400 years in Genesis 1...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE LORD (Hebrew. _Jehovah._ said. See note on Exodus 3:7, and compare note on Exodus 6:10....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 12 AND JE-HO-VAH SPAKE UNTO MO-SES AND AAR-ON IN THE LAND OF E-GYPT, SAYING, (2) THIS MONTH SHALL BE UNTO YOU THE BEGINNING OF MONTHS; IT SHALL BE THE FIRST MONTH OF THE...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE LORD SAID UNTO MOSES AND AARON, THIS IS THE ORDINANCE OF THE PASSOVER: THERE SHALL NO STRANGER EAT THEREOF:_ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE INSTITUTION OF THE PASSOVER. THE TENTH PLAGUE, AND THE DEPARTURE OF ISRAEL 1. In the land of Egypt] These words suggest that what follows was written independently of the foregoing narrative, and...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 12 THE *PASSOVER – VERSES 1-28 PREPARATIONS FOR THE SPECIAL MEAL – VE...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    NO STRANGER. — Comp, Exodus 12:48 for limitations. If a stranger wished to join, and would accept circumcision for himself and the males of his family, he might partake in the rite....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FURTHER DIRECTIONS RESPECTING THE PASSOVER. (43-51) THIS IS THE ORDINANCE. — These directions, together with those which follow with respect to the sanctification of the firstborn (Exodus 13:1), seem...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל ־מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְ אַהֲרֹ֔ן

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    ISRAEL LED OUT OF EGYPT Exodus 12:37 The 600,000 were males above 20 years of age, Numbers 1:3. This would make the entire body not less than 2,000,000 of people of all ages. Succoth was the first ra...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    While the subjects necessarily intermingle at this point, we turn from the contemplation of the judgments of Jehovah in dealing with Pharaoh to that of deliverance in His dealings with Israel. As thes...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This [is] the ordinance of the passover: (t) There shall no stranger eat thereof: (t) Unless he is circumcised, and professes your religion only....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _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 ela...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    43._This is the ordinance of the passover. _Since the passover was the sacred bond whereby God would hold the elect people in obligation to Himself, He forbids all strangers from partaking of it; beca...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The beginning of the yeere is changed. 3 The Passeouer is instituted. 11 The Rite of the Passeouer. 15 Vnleauened bread. 29 The first borne are slaine. 31 The Israelites are driuen out of the l...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the Passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof. The statute of the Lord confined participation strictly to the members of the childr...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    FURTHER PRECEPTS CONCERNING THE PASSOVER...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    D. THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT. LEGAL ENACTMENTS CONSEQUENT ON LIBERATION Exodus 12:37 to Exodus 13:16 37And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot, _t...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PASSOVER FEAST (vs.1-28) The time finally arrives for the Lord to accomplish a work of amazing power in Egypt in the deliverance of a nation numbering over two million, from the bondage of Egypt....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    43-51 In times to come, all the congregation of Israel must keep the passover. All that share in God's mercies should join in thankful praises for them. The New Testament passover, the Lord's supper,...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    This which here followeth is the law or appointment of God concerning the celebration of the passover. NO STRANGER, OR, FOREIGNER, who is so both by nation and religion; for if he were circumcised, he...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 12:43 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Moses H4872 Aaron H175 ordinance H2708 Passover H6453 foreigner H1121...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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 ha...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Deliverance for Israel through the Passover. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron, Pharaoh. CONCLUSION: Deliverance for the believer is based entirely upon the shedding of the blood of a divinely...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 12:43_ MINUTE INSTRUCTIONS IN REFERENCE TO THE OBSERVANCE OF THE PASSOVER I. THAT GOD NOT ONLY INSTITUTES ORDINANCES FOR MEN, BUT ALSO SHOWS IN WHAT WAY THE...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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