_AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES AND AARON IN THE LAND OF EGYPT, SAYING,_ The Lord spake - rather, had spoken unto Moses and Aaron; for it is evident that the communication here described must have been made to them some time previous to the tenth of the month. Moses, writing the history of the event... [ Continue Reading ]
_THIS MONTH SHALL BE UNTO YOU THE BEGINNING OF MONTHS: IT SHALL BE THE FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR TO YOU._ This month shall be unto you the beginning of months, х_ RO'SH_ (H7218)] - head, or chief; the first, not only in order, but in estimation. It had been formerly the seventh, according to the reck... [ 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:_ Speak ye unto all the congregation. The Israelites in Egypt were an organized people, under leaders of their... [ 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._ If the household be too little ... Since it was imperative that none of the paschal la... [ 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:_ Your lamb shall be without blemish. The smallest deformity or defect made a lamb unfit for sacrifice. Physical perfection was required in all sacrifices, but especially in the pas... [ 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._ Ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month. From Exodus 12:3 it appears that the selection of the lamb was to be made on the t... [ 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._ They shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts ... This was intended to give a pledge of safety to the inmates of every house on which this... [ 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._ They shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire. The reason of this was for the sake of expedition; and in memory of the first circumstances of the institution, this... [ 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._ Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water. The prohibition to eat it raw was a caveat against the idolatrous practices of the pagan, who ate their sacrifices with t... [ 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._ Ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning, х_ `AD_ (H5704) _ BOQER_ (H1242)] - until the dawn, day-break. The specified time, then, during which the passove... [ 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._ Thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded ... This description applies to people prepared for a journey. The girding of the loins was... [ 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._ I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, х_ BALAYªLAAH_ (H3915) _ HAZEH_ (H2088)]. Th... [ 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._ When I see the blood, I will pass over you. This strong anthropomorphic expression (cf. Gene... [ 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._ This day shall be unto you for a memorial. The close analogy traceable in all points between the Jewish and Christian Passovers i... [ 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._ Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread. For the probable reason of the... [ 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._ Holy convocation - literally, calling of the people, which was done... [ 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._ Ye shall observe ... The seven days of this feast were to commence the day after 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._ In the first month. It is worthy of notice, that in prescribing the formalities which in future times were to mark all feasts and offering, Moses in... [ 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._ That soul shall be cut off - i:e., that person shall be excommunicated, or exclude... [ Continue Reading ]
_YE SHALL EAT NOTHING LEAVENED; IN ALL YOUR HABITATIONS SHALL YE EAT UNLEAVENED BREAD._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ 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._ Then Moses called ... Here are given special directions for the observance. The objection recently urged against the possibility of these instruction... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, WHEN YOUR CHILDREN SHALL SAY UNTO YOU, WHAT MEAN YE BY THIS SERVICE?_ When your children shall say. Independently of some observances which were not afterward repeated, the usages practiced at this yearly commemorative feast were so special that the curiosity of the youn... [ 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._ Ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord's passover, х_ ZEBACH_ ... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WENT AWAY, AND DID AS THE LORD HAD COMMANDED MOSES AND AARON, SO DID THEY._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ 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._ At midnight the Lord smote. Dr. Pye Smith ('Scrip. Test.,'... [ 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._ Not a house where ... not one dead. Perhaps this statement is not to be taken absolutely. The Scriptures frequently use th... [ 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._ Called for Moses and Aaron - a striking fulfillment of the words of Moses (Exodus 11:8), and showing that they were s... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALSO TAKE YOUR FLOCKS AND YOUR HERDS, AS YE HAVE SAID, AND BE GONE; AND BLESS ME ALSO._ Also take your flocks ... All the terms the king had formerly insisted on were now departed from, his pride having been effectually humbled. Appalling judgments in such rapid succession showed plainly that the... [ 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._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PEOPLE TOOK THEIR DOUGH BEFORE IT WAS LEAVENED, THEIR KNEADINGTROUGHS BEING BOUND UP IN THEIR CLOTHES UPON THEIR SHOULDERS._ People took ... kneading troughs. Having lived so long in Egypt, they must have been in the habit of using the utensils common in that country. The Egyptian kneading... [ 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:_ Children of Israel ... borrowed. When the Orientals go to their sacred festivals they always put on their best jewels. The Israelites themselves tho... [ 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._ The Lord gave the people favour. Such a dread of them was inspired into the universal minds of the Egyptians, that whatever they asked was r... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL JOURNEYED FROM RAMESES TO SUCCOTH, ABOUT SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND ON FOOT THAT WERE MEN, BESIDE CHILDREN._ The children of Israel journeyed from Rameses. This city, which is now generally identified with Heroopolis (cf. Genesis 47:11 with Septuagint, Genesis 46:28), was an i... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND A MIXED MULTITUDE WENT UP ALSO WITH THEM; AND FLOCKS, AND HERDS, EVEN VERY MUCH CATTLE._ And a mixed multitude went up also with them, х_ `EEREB_ (H6154) _ RAB_ (H7227)] - a great mixture or rabble (see Numbers 11:4; Deuteronomy 29:11), slaves in the lowest grades of society, partly natives 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._ They baked unleavened cakes of the dough ... Since they were commanded on... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THE SOJOURNING OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, WHO DWELT IN EGYPT, WAS FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRTY YEARS._ Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, х_ UWMOWSHAB_ (H4186) _ BªNEEY_ (H1121) _ YISRAA'EEL_ (H3478) _ 'ªSHER_ (H834) _ YAASHªBUW_ (H3427) ... _ BªMITSRAAYIM_ (H4713) -... [ 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._ At the end of the four hundred ... years, even the self-same day ... The date is repeated by the historian in order to show t... [ 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._ It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord ... This memorable night of the exodus occurred on the 14... [ Continue Reading ]
_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.... [ Continue Reading ]
_A FOREIGNER AND AN HIRED SERVANT SHALL NOT EAT THEREOF._ A foreigner, х_ TOWSHAAB_ (H8453)] - a stranger living in another country without the rights of citizenship (see the note at Exodus 12:19).... [ 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._ In one house shall it be eaten: thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad ... (see the note at Exodus 12:10.) The great object of these minor re... [ Continue Reading ]
_ALL THE CONGREGATION OF ISRAEL SHALL KEEP IT._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ 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._ And when a stranger shall sojourn with the... [ Continue Reading ]
_ONE LAW SHALL BE TO HIM THAT IS HOMEBORN, AND UNTO THE STRANGER THAT SOJOURNETH AMONG YOU._ One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. This regulation displays the liberal spirit of the Hebrew institutions. Any foreigner might obtain admission to th... [ Continue Reading ]
_THUS DID ALL THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL; AS THE LORD COMMANDED MOSES AND AARON, SO DID THEY._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ 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._ THE LORD DID BRING THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT BY THEIR ARMIES, х_ `AL_ (H5921) _ TSIB'OTAAM_ (H6635)] - in consolidated organized bodies. х_ TSAABAA'_... [ Continue Reading ]