it. Ellipsis to be supplied by "the lamb" from verse preceding (App-6).
souls. Hebrew, plural of nephesh. Verse 15, singular. See App-13.
eating. Hebrew mouth. Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, mouth put for what is eaten by it.
lamb. Repeated at beginning of next clause in the Figure of speech Anadiplosis (App-6) for emphasis.
Verse Exodus 12:4. _IF THE HOUSEHOLD BE TOO LITTLE_] That is, if there be not persons enough in one family to eat a whole lamb, then two families must join together. The rabbins allow that there shoul...
Tradition specifies ten as the least number; but the matter was probably left altogether to the discretion of the heads of families. The last clause should be rendered: “each man, according to his ea...
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,...
IF THE HOUSEHOLD BE TOO LITTLE FOR THE LAMB. No mention is made here of the number of persons necessary to. Paschal company, but. Jewish tradition fixed ten as the least number, and including childre...
DISCOURSE: 77 THE PASSOVER Exodus 12:3. 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 f...
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...
_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 FO...
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...
TOO LITTLE] According to Josephus the lower limit was fixed at ten persons. He also says that in his time (between the death of Christ and the destruction of Jerusalem) 250,000 lambs were sacrificed a...
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...
IF THE HOUSEHOLD BE TOO LITTLE FOR THE LAMB. — There would be cases where the family would not be large enough to consume an entire lamb at a sitting. Where this was so, men were to club with their ne...
וְ אִם ־יִמְעַ֣ט הַ בַּיִת֮ מִ הְיֹ֣ת
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...
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 (d) eating shall make your cou...
Less. Moses does not specify the number. But in never comprised fewer than ten, nor more than twenty, in which number Menoch does not think women or children are comprised. The Jews satisfied the inqu...
Doth not this express the communion of the faithful? 1 Corinthians 10:3....
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...
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...
AND IF THE HOUSEHOLD BE TOO LITTLE FOR THE LAMB,.... That they cannot eat it up at once; LET HIM AND HIS NEIGHBOUR NEXT UNTO HIS HOUSE TAKE IT ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF THE SOULS; which Josephus e s...
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 f...
_If the household be too little_ The Hebrew doctors tell us, that there were not to be fewer than ten persons, nor more than twenty, to the eating of one lamb. And at this sacred repast, men, women, a...
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...
And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor 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 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...
TOO LITTLE FOR THE LAMB, i.e. for the eating of the whole lamb at one meal, according to the rule, EXODUS 12:8,10; if the persons be so few that they cannot eat it up without gluttony. TAKE IT; or rat...
"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 12:4 household H1004 is H1961 (H8800) small H4591 (H8799) lamb H7716 neighbor H7934 next H7138 house...
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...
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...
_If the household be too little for the lamb._ TOO LITTLE FOR THE LAMB I. The text reminds us of a primary privilege. 1. That each man of Israel ate the passover for himself; “every man according t...
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. ⇐...
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...
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...