For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment. I am the Lord. As the avenging, almighty Judge the Lord intended to traverse the entire land of Egypt, to strike down all the first-born, to punish the princes with the common people, and thus to expose all the Egyptian idols as helpless delusions.
Verse Exodus 12:12. _AGAINST ALL THE GODS OF EGYPT, C._] As different animals were sacred among the Egyptians, the slaying of the _first-born_ of all the beasts might be called executing judgment upo...
I WILL PASS THROUGH - A word wholly distinct from that which means “pass over.” The “passing through” was in judgment, the “passing over” in mercy. AGAINST ALL THE GODS OF EGYPT - Compare the margin r...
5. REDEMPTION BY BLOOD, THE PASSOVER AND THE LAW OF THE FIRSTBORN CHAPTER 12 The Passover Instituted and Kept, the Death of the Firstborn and the Exodus _ 1. The Passover instituted and the feast of...
EXODUS 12:1 P. RULES FOR THE PASSOVER (first set). On the history of the Passover, see pp. 102f. Most ceremonial rules are dated from Sinai or the land of Moab: so these that follow are noted in Exodu...
EXODUS 11:1 TO EXODUS 12:36. 10°. DEATH OF EGYPTIAN FIRSTBORN; PASSOVER AND MAZZOTH (Exodus 11:1 E, Exodus 11:4 J,...
FOR. WILL PASS THROUGH EGYPT THIS NIGHT. This explains how the blood of the lamb was the Lord's Passover. He would pass in wrath through Egypt, but _pass over_ the homes of Israel where the blood of...
GODS, or princes. But see notes on object of the several plagues. I AM THE LORD, or I, Jehovah....
AGAINST ALL THE GODS OF EGYPT I WILL EXECUTE JUDGMENT— The original word here rendered _gods,_ is אלהי _alei;_ which, in the margin of our Bibles, is rendered _princes;_ as the word _aleim_ sometimes...
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...
_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 LO...
AGAINST ALL THE GODS OF EGYPT] The gods of Egypt would be powerless to avert the judgment of Jehovah. As in Egypt many deities were worshipped in the form of animals, the destruction of the firstborn...
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...
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...
FOR I WILL PASS THROUGH. — Rather, _go through,_ since the word used is entirely unconnected with _pesahh._ AGAINST ALL THE GODS OF EGYPT I WILL EXECUTE JUDGMENT. — The translation “gods” is far prefe...
וְ עָבַרְתִּ֣י בְ אֶֽרֶץ ־מִצְרַיִם֮ בַּ †...
CHAPTER XII. _ THE PASSOVER._ Exodus 12:1. We have now reached the birthday of the great Hebrew nation, and with it the first national institution, the feast of passover, which is also the first sa...
THE PASSOVER LAMB AND ITS SPRINKLED BLOOD Exodus 12:1 Henceforth, for Israel, there was to be a new beginning of the year. We should date our birthdays not from the cradle, but from the Cross. The P...
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...
First-born, often denotes the most beloved; or, when spoken of those under oppression, the most miserable. (Isaias xiv. 30; Psalm lxxxvii. 27.) Moses observes, (ver. 30,) that every house had one dead...
Behold, the hour of visitation! Numbers 32:4....
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...
12._For I will pass through the land. _This refers to the first passover, the night in which they were to be delivered from Egypt; and God expressly declares that He will be the judge against the fals...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5 THROUGH 13. At the news of the goodness of God, the people adore Him; but the struggle against the power of evil is another matter. Satan will not let the p...
FOR I WILL PASS THROUGH THE LAND OF EGYPT THIS NIGHT,..... Which must be understood consistent with his omnipresence, and of the manifestation of his powerful presence, or of the exertion of his might...
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 L...
Dreadful work was to be made this night in Egypt: all the firstborn of man and beast were this night to be slain, and judgment to be executed upon _all the gods of Egypt_ Their idol-gods. The images m...
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...
B. THE DIVINE ORDINANCE OF THE PASSOVER Exodus 12:1-20 1, 2And Jehovah spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month _shall be_ unto you the beginning of months; it _shall be_ t...
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....
GODS: Or, princes...
1-20 The Lord makes all things new to those whom he delivers from the bondage of Satan, and takes to himself to be his people. The time when he does this is to them the beginning of a new life. God a...
I WILL EXECUTE JUDGMENT; either, 1. By exposing them to shame and contempt, as vain and impotent gods that could not save their worshippers. But that appeared before. Or, 2. By destroying those beas...
"And the Lord said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altoge...
Exodus 12:12 pass H5674 (H8804) land H776 Egypt H4714 night H3915 strike H5221 (H8689) firstborn H1060 land...
Exodus 12:1. _And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you._ And for this...
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...
Exodus 12:2. _The first month of the year._ This is called Abib, Exodus 13:4; and Nisan, Esther 3:7. It was before the seventh month, hence the earth is supposed to have been created in September; but...
_Against all the gods of Egypt I will execute Judgment._ THE LORD GOD OF GODS When, in Deuteronomy 10:17, Moses says, “The Lord your God is God of gods,” and when, in Joshua 22:22, the people exclaim...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 12:1 The people of Israel are called to act obediently so that the Lord will “pass over” them during the tenth plague. ⇐...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 12:12 Yahweh is the only true God of heaven and earth, and he is acting on the Israelites’ behalf. This is being displayed in judgment on Egypt’s land, animals, people, king, and...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 12:3. The house of their fathers.] More exactly: “a father’s house.” The designation naturally imports “family” in the larger sense of “family of families,” the entire group f...
FIRST INSTITUTION OF THE PASSOVER. EXPOSITION THE INSTITUTION OF THE PASSOVER AND THE REASONS FOR IT.—In the interval allowed by God, according to the precedent of former announced plagues, between t...
The Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you (Exodus 12:1-2). Now in a few wee...
pass Exodus 12:23 Exodus 11:4 Exodus 11:5 Amos 5:17 will smite Exodus 12:29...
THE BLOOD OF THE CROSS IN EXODUS Exodus 12:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Today we will consider the Cross as it is set forth in the Book of Exodus. Of course, we cannot go into detail, but we will endeavor t...