Exodus 12:1
THE LORD (Hebrew. _Jehovah._ spake. See note on Exodus 6:10, and compare note on Exodus 3:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD (Hebrew. _Jehovah._ spake. See note on Exodus 6:10, and compare note on Exodus 3:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
MONTH. Hebrew name _Abib,_ or "green-ear-month". Becomes the first month, and the fifteenth the ruling date, henceforth. Compare Exodus 13:4; Exodus 23:15.Deuteronomy 16:1. Afterward called _Nisan_ (Nehemiah 2.Esther 3:7; Esther 3:7). "First", Compare Exodus 40:2; Exodus 40:17;... [ Continue Reading ]
ISRAEL. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "of the sons of Israel". MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_ (App-14.) LAMB. Hebrew. _seh, "_ one of. flock", i.e.. lamb or. ' kid, Exodus 12:5. Deu 14:4. 2 Chronicles 35:7. HOUSE. Fixed later (by cus... [ Continue Reading ]
IT. _Ellipsis_ to be supplied by "the lamb" from verse preceding (App-6). SOULS. Hebrew, plural of _nephesh._ Verse 15, singular. See App-13. EATING. Hebrew mouth. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, mouth put for what is eaten by it. LAMB. Repeated at beginning of next clause in the F... [ Continue Reading ]
WITHOUT BLEMISH. Even as "Christ our Passover".... [ Continue Reading ]
ISRAEL. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "of the sons of Israel". KILL. Hebrew. _shahat._ See App-43. IN THE EVENING. Hebrew between the two evenings, or, according to Lightfoot, between the decline of the sun (after noon) and... [ Continue Reading ]
SODDEN. boiled. WITH. in.... [ Continue Reading ]
LOINS GIRDED, i.e. the loose flowing garments fastened up with. belt or girdle, making the men ready for action. Compare Luke 12:35; Luke 12:37; Luke 17:8; Acts 12:8. 1Ki 18:46. 2 Kings 4:29; 2 Kings 4:9; Ephesians 6:14.... [ Continue Reading ]
GODS, or princes. But see notes on object of the several plagues. I AM THE LORD, or I, Jehovah.... [ Continue Reading ]
BLOOD... TOKEN. The blood was the token for Jehovah. Faith in the fact that it had been sprinkled gave peace to all within. It was (and is) not the _act of_ faith which secured, but the _truth_ that was believed. If no blood, belief that it was there gave no security. If blood there, doubt as to the... [ Continue Reading ]
LEAVEN. fermented bread. First occurance. See App-38. until. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, read "and until".... [ Continue Reading ]
AND. Some Codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch and Syriac, omit. MAN. Hebrew. _nephesh,_ soul _(App-13). Compare verses: Exodus 12:4; Exodus 12:15; Exodus 12:19. _... [ Continue Reading ]
_ SHALL YE EAT_(repeated). Figure of speech Pleonasm (App-6).... [ Continue Reading ]
KILL THE PASSOVER. Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), App-6, "Passover" put for the lamb.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND DID. Ten Passovers recorded (see App-10). Exodus 12:28; Numbers 9:5.Joshua 5:10; 2 Chronicles 30:13; 2 Kings 23:22 (2 Chronicles 35:1). Ezra 6:19; Matthew 26:17; Luke 2:4. [ Continue Reading ]
AT MIDNIGHT. On the fourteenth of _Abib._ See Exodus 11:4. SMOTE. Compare Exodus 11:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
CALLED FOR, i.e. sent message to.... [ Continue Reading ]
TAKE YOUR FLOCKS. See note on Exodus 10:25; Exodus 10:26, and Exodus 10:5. AS. according as.... [ Continue Reading ]
BORROWED. asked. See note on Exodus 3:22. JEWELS. See note on Exodus 11:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
LENT. gladly gave. Hebrew verb is in the _Hiphil_ mood and. caused them to ask, i.e. the Egyptians pressed them to take. SUCH THINGS, &c. There is no need for this addition. No Ellipsis in Hebrew... [ Continue Reading ]
RAMESES. City of the Sun. See note on Exodus 1:1. Succoth. booths. MEN. Not _'ish_, males, but Hebrew. _geber,_ with art.. the strong men; or, men of military age. Numbers 14:29. See App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
A MIXED MULTITUDE. Egyptians. Compare Numbers 11:4.Nehemiah 13:3. EVEN. Some codices, with The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, Septuagint, and Syriac, have this word, "even "in the text.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT LEAVENED. Bread always unleavened when baked in haste. Compare Genesis 18:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
SOJOURNING. Commenced with Genesis 12. Quite. different subject from the _dwelling_ in Egypt. See App-50. ISRAEL. Figure of speech _Synecdoche_ (of the Part), App-6, by which one man's name, Israel, is put for his father and grandfather. WHO DWELT IN EGYPT. Figure of speech _Epitrechon_ (App-6)..... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SELFSAME DAY: i.e. the fifteenth day of the seventh month. The years of the solar cycle show that it was the day that Abraham left "Ur of the Chaldees".... [ Continue Reading ]
MUCH OBSERVED. Hebrew. _shimmurim, a_ night of watchings. Occurs only here.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD (Hebrew. _Jehovah._ said. See note on Exodus 3:7, and compare note on Exodus 6:10.... [ Continue Reading ]
BOUGHT FOR MONEY. Compare Genesis 17:12; Genesis 17:13.... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE HOUSE. the same house. Compare Exodus 12:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
WITH THEE. Some codices, with Samaritan Pentateuch, The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, Targum of Onkelos, Septuagint, and Syriac, read "with you". NO UNCIRCUMCISED PERSON SHALL EAT. Were they circumcised during the three days' darkness, and was the command then given, the word against which they di... [ Continue Reading ]
ARMIES. hosts.... [ Continue Reading ]