Darby's translation notes (1890)
Exodus 12:2
12:2 beginning (b-8) Lit. 'head.' year (c-19) * The beginning of the year which began with the first new moon after the Spring Equinox.
12:2 beginning (b-8) Lit. 'head.' year (c-19) * The beginning of the year which began with the first new moon after the Spring Equinox.
Verse Exodus 12:2. _THIS MONTH_ SHALL BE _UNTO YOU THE BEGINNING OF MONTHS_] It is supposed that God now changed the commencement of the Jewish year. The month to which this verse refers, the month _...
THIS MONTH - Abib Exodus 13:4. It was called “Nisan” by the later Hebrews, and nearly corresponds to our April. The Israelites are directed to take Abib henceforth as the beginning of the year; the ye...
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 11:1 TO EXODUS 12:36. 10°. DEATH OF EGYPTIAN FIRSTBORN; PASSOVER AND MAZZOTH (Exodus 11:1 E, Exodus 11:4 J,...
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...
THIS MONTH SHALL BE TO YOU. BEGINNING OF MONTHS. The term here employed denotes the new moon, and hence the day of the new moon, or first day of the month, and lastly the month as defined in its comme...
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_ ...
THIS MONTH SHALL BE UNTO YOU THE BEGINNING OF MONTHS— The Jews, like most other nations, began their year, before this event, about the autumnal equinox, in the month Tisri, after their harvest and vi...
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...
_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...
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...
THE BEGINNING OF MONTHS] The exodus is regarded as an 'epoch-making' event (cp. Judges 19:30; 1 Kings 6:1), and to mark its importance the month in which it occurs is to be reckoned the first month of...
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...
THE BEGINNING OF MONTHS. — Hitherto the Hebrews had commenced the year with Tisri, at or near the autumnal equinox. (See Exodus 23:16.) In thus doing, they followed neither the Egyptian nor the Babylo...
הַ חֹ֧דֶשׁ הַ זֶּ֛ה לָכֶ֖ם רֹ֣אשׁ חֳדָשִׁ֑ים
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...
This (a) month [shall be] unto you the beginning of months: it [shall be] the first (b) month of the year to you. (a) Called Nisan, containing part of March and part of April. (b) Concerning the obs...
Year, sacred or ecclesiastical, which is most commonly used in Scripture. The civil year commenced with Tisri, in September, and regulated the jubilee, contracts, &c. (Lapide) --- January was the firs...
New mercies call for new memorandums, Deuteronomy 16:1, Abib, that is the spring of the year. From this time the Israelites began their year. It should seem that before this period they reckoned their...
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...
_A NEW START_ ‘This month shall be … the first month of the year to you.’ Exodus 12:2 Egypt behind—Sinai before—Canaan beyond—this is the exact account of the position of Israel when God said to hi...
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...
THIS MONTH SHALL BE UNTO YOU THE BEGINNING OF MONTHS,.... Not only the first, as after expressed, but the chief and principal of them, now famous for their coming out of Egypt in it, and would be more...
This month [shall be] unto you the beginning of months: it [shall be] the first month of the year to you. Ver. 2. _This month._] Called Abib in Exodus 13:4; with us called March or April; when the da...
Exo. 12:2. "This month shall be unto you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year unto you." Because in this month God wrought out for them that great typical redemption out of...
_The Lord spake unto Moses_ Or had spoken before what is related in the foregoing chapter, if not also before the three days' darkness: but the mention of it was put off to this place, that the histor...
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...
This month shall be unto you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you. This was the first and fundamental law for the congregation of Jehovah. Up to that time the childr...
THE ORDINANCES CONCERNING THE PASSOVER...
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....
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...
THIS MONTH was the first month after the vernal equinox, called _Abib_, EXODUS 13:4, EXODUS 23:15 DEUTERONOMY 16:1, and _Nissan_, N
"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 12:2 month H2320 beginning H7218 months H2320 first H7223 month H2320 year H8141 Exodus 13:4
Exodus 12 INSTRUCTIONS TO ISRAEL CONCERNING THE PASSOVER. This chapter is partly historical, and partly explanatory. It splits into a number of sections. (1) Exodus 12:1 contain the explanations given...
FIRST MONTH That is, April....
Exodus 12:2 We have here a new event, a new starting-point a new epoch, and therefore a new era. That event was an emancipation, a redemption, an exodus. There were centuries behind of exile and servi...
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...
_The beginning of months._ A NEW START I. The idea of a new start is naturally attractive to all of us. We are fatigued, we are dissatisfied, and justly so, with the time past of our lives. We long...
THE BEGINNING OF MONTHS This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. Exodus 12:2. Some of you may have visited an old farm; possibly you have...
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 12:2 The events of the plagues and the exodus are so significant for Israel’s identity as an emerging nation that the MONTH they come out of Egypt will become for them THE FIRST...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 12:1_ THE FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR The nations of the globe have regarded various periods as the commencement of the year. The Athenians reckoned the commenc...
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...
A.M. 2513. B.C. 1491. An Exodus Isr 1. Abib or Nisan Exodus 13:4 Exodus 23:15 Exodus 34:18 Leviticus 23:5...
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...
This shall be to you the beginning of months — They had hitherto begun their year from the middle of September, but hence — forward they were to begin it from the middle of March, at least in all thei...