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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Exodus 12:22

A bunch of hyssop; so the Hebrew word is rightly rendered, as appears from Hebrews 9:19. The door of his house, i.e. of the house wherein he did eat the passover, which ofttimes was his neighbour's house: see Exodus 12:4. Until the morning; till the beginning of the morning after midnight, and after the slaughter of the Egyptians first-born; which may reconcile those scriptures that seem to contradict one another, while some affirm they went out of Egypt by night, and others by day, for they went out in the morning very early when it was yet dark, as it is expressed in a like case, 1 Thessalonians 20:1.

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See also Exodus 12:22 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 12:22. _A BUNCH OF HYSSOP_] The original word אזוב _ezob_ has been variously translated _musk_, _rosemary, polypody of the wall,_ _mint, origanum_, _marjoram_, and HYSSOP: the latter see...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    A BUNCH OF HYSSOP - The species here designated does not appear to be the plant now bearing the name. It would seem to have been an aromatic plant, common in Palestine and near Mount Sinai, with a lon...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 12:21 J, Exodus 12:28 P. RULES FOR THE PASSOVER (second set) (for analysis see Exodus 11:1). These verses, though they come second, embody in the main J's account of the institution, which P ha...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 11:1 TO EXODUS 12:36. 10°. DEATH OF EGYPTIAN FIRSTBORN; PASSOVER AND MAZZOTH (Exodus 11:1 E, Exodus 11:4 J,...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 78 DELIVERANCE OF THE ISRAELITES FROM THE DESTROYING ANGEL Exodus 12:21. Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out, and take you a lamb according to your...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    YE SHALL TAKE A BUNCH OF HYSSOP— This herb was to be used in the cleansing of the leprous person and the leprous house, as well as on other occasions. See Leviticus 14:6; Leviticus 7:38. Numbers 6:18....

  • 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

    _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 dire...

  • 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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HYSSOP] supposed to be wild marjoram, which grows in Egypt and Sinai and Palestine. Its powder, which has a pungent aromatic flavour like that of mint, is used as a condiment. It was supposed to have...

  • 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

    A BUNCH OF HYSSOP. — The “hyssop” (_êzob_) of the Old Testament is probably the caper plant, called now _asaf,_ or _asuf,_ by the Arabs, which grows plentifully in the Sinaitic region (Stanley: _Sinai...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ לְקַחְתֶּ֞ם אֲגֻדַּ֣ת אֵזֹ֗וב וּ טְבַלְתֶּם֮...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE FEAST OF UNLEAVENED BREAD Exodus 12:15 The inmate of the house did not see the sprinkled blood. It was not necessary to be always going forth to look at it. It was clearly not a matter for his em...

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Hyssop; Hebrew ezob: which some translate rosemary. (Menochius) --- Sprinkle, &c. This sprinkling the doors of the Israelites with the blood of the paschal lamb, in order to their being delivered fro...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Here the service begins for which so solemn a preparation had been made. And the Holy Ghost, to teach us the importance of it, gives it to the church again by his servant the apostle Hebrews 9:19....

  • 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 SPRINKLED DOORPOSTS_ ‘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,’ etc....

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND YE SHALL TAKE A BUNCH OF HYSSOP,.... Which some take to be "mint", others "origanum" or "marjoram", as Kimchi s, others "rosemary", as Piscator, Rivet, and many more; and indeed this seems to be f...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Exo. 12:22. The striking or sprinkling the blood of the lamb with a bunch of hyssop on the two side-posts and lintel of the door signifies the cleansing of our conversation by the blood of Christ, whi...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Out of the door of his house_ Of that house wherein he ate the passover: _until the morning_ That is, till toward the morning, when they would be called for to march out of Egypt; for they went forth...

  • 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 ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, a plant to which cleansing properties were ascribed, AND DIP IT IN THE BLOOD THAT IS IN THE BASIN, which was caught when the animal was slaughtered, AND STRIKE THE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PEOPLE ACCEPT THE ORDINANCES...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    C. THE INSTITUTION OF THE FIRST PASSOVER. THE LAST PLAGUE. THE RELEASE AND THE PREPARATION FOR DEPARTURE Exodus 12:21-36 21Then [And] Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Dr...

  • 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

    21-28 That night, when the first-born were to be destroyed, no Israelite must stir out of doors till called to march out of Egypt. Their safety was owing to the blood of sprinkling. If they put thems...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    "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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 12:22 take H3947 (H8804) bunch H92 hyssop H231 dip H2881 (H8804) blood H1818 basin H5592 strike...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE ELDERS ARE INSTRUCTED HOW TO OBSERVE THE FIRST PASSOVER AND YAHWEH PASSES OVER EGYPT AND SLAYS THE FIRSTBORN (EXODUS 12:21). a Moses calls on the elders of Israel that all families shall take la...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Exodus 12:22 The night of the Passover was "a night much to be remembered." Wherever a Jew exists it is to this night he points, as the proudest epoch in his people's history. The feast of the Passove...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • 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

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood._ THREE GREAT TRUTHS TAUGHT BY THE PASSOVER I. The universality of condemnation. Israelite and Egyptian are brought under one common charge o...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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. ⇐...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 12:22 HYSSOP. A bushy shrub used as a brush in cleansing ceremonies (see Leviticus 14:4;...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 12:21_ THE CELEBRATION OF THE PASSOVER I. IN THIS INCIDENT WE HAVE A CLEAR RECOGNITION OF THE PRINCIPLE OF VICARIOUS SUFFERING. The lamb was slain instead o...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE FIRST PASSOVER. Having received the Divine directions as to the new rite, if not with all the fulness ultimately given them, yet with sufficient fulness for the immediate purpose, Moses...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    bunch Leviticus 14:6 Leviticus 14:7 Numbers 19:18 Psalms 51:7 Hebrews 9:1

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Out of the door of his house — Of that house, wherein he ate the passover: Until the morning — That is, till towards morning, when they would be called for to march out of Egypt. They went out very ea...

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