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 Egypt, representing the redemption of Jesus Christ, and also because he intended at the same time o... [ Continue Reading ]
Exo. 12:15. _Concerning leaven. _ It was a most fit type of the corruption of the heart by reason of its sourness, and because of its infecting spreading nature, so that a little leaven leavens the whole lump (in which respect also it is a fit type of false doctrine, as Matthew 16:6; Matthew 16:11;... [ Continue Reading ]
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, which is, in the language of Sacred Scripture, called "our going out and coming in," (1 Samuel 29:6). S... [ Continue Reading ]
Exo. 12:35, 36. "And they borrowed of the Egyptians jewels of silver, and jewels of gold, and raiment, and the Lord gave the people favor in the eyes of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required, and they spoiled the Egyptians." The treasures that the children of Israel... [ Continue Reading ]