Exodus 12:49

_ONE LAW SHALL BE TO HIM THAT IS HOMEBORN, AND UNTO THE STRANGER THAT SOJOURNETH AMONG YOU._ One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you. This regulation displays the liberal spirit of the Hebrew institutions. Any foreigner might obtain admission to the privileges of the nation on complying with their sacred ordinances. In the Mosaic, equally as the Christian dispensation, privilege and duty were inseparably conjoined....

43-51 In times to come, all the congregation of Israel must keep the passover. All that share in God's mercies should join in thankful praises for them. The New Testament passover, the Lord's supper, ought not to be neglected by any. Strangers, if circumcised, might eat of the passover. Here is an early indication of favour to the gentiles. This taught the Jews that their being a nation favoured by God, entitled them to their privileges, not their descent from Abraham. Christ our passover is sacrificed for us, 1 Corinthians 5:7; his blood is the only ransom for our souls; without the shedding of it there is no remission; without the sprinkling of it there can be no salvation. Have we, by faith in him, sheltered our souls from deserved vengeance under the protection of his atoning blood? Do we keep close to him, constantly depending upon him? Do we so profess our faith in the Redeemer, a...

Verse 49. _ONE LAW SHALL BE TO HIM THAT IS HOME-BORN, C._] As this is the first place that the term תורה _torah_ or LAW occurs, a term of the greatest importance in Divine revelation, and on the proper understanding of which much depends, I judge it best to give its genuine explanation once for all. The word תורה _torah_ comes from the root ירה _yarah_, which signifies to _aim at, teach, point out, direct, lead, guide, make_ _straight, or even_ and from these significations of the word (and in all these senses it is used in the Bible) we may see at once the nature, properties, and design of the law of God. It is a system of INSTRUCTION in _righteousness_; it _teaches_ the difference between moral good and evil; ascertains what is _right_ and _fit_ to be _done_, and what should be left _undone_, because _improper_ to be performed. It continually _aims_ at the glory of God, and the happi

EXPOSITION SUPPLEMENTARY ORDINANCE WITH RESPECT TO THE PASSOVER. The position of these verses is curious. We should have expected them to have followed immediately on Exodus 12:20, or else to have been reserved for the further consideration of the subject in Exodus 23:1. It is suggested, in order to account for their place, that they formed the matter of a special revelation made to Moses at Succoth. They comprise three main points:— 1. The absolute exclusion of all uncircumcised persons from participation in the passover rite; 2. The extension of the rite (implied in...

ONE LAW SHALL BE TO HIM THAT IS HOMEBORN,.... A proper Israelite, one that is so by descent: AND UNTO THE STRANGER THAT SOJOURNETH AMONG YOU; that becomes a proselyte to the true religion; these were both bound by the same law, and obliged to observe the same rites and ceremonies, and partook of the same ordinances, benefits, and privileges; this was a dawn of grace to the poor Gentiles, and presignified what would be in Gospel times, when they should be fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, be fellow heirs of the same body, and partakers of the promises of Christ by the Gospel, Ephesians 2:19....

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 unleavened bread (Exodus 12:1)_ 2. The command given to the people and obeyed (Exodus 12:21) 3. The death of the firstborn in Egypt (Exodus 12:29) 4. The departure of the children of Israel (Exodus 12:31) 5. From Rameses to Succoth (Exodus 12:37) 6. The fulfillment of the 430 years ...

EXODUS 12:37 - EXODUS 18. FROM EGYPT TO SINAI. Exodus 12:37 J. THE EXODUS. From Rameses (Exodus 1:11_ b_ *) the first stage of the journey took the people 10 miles W. to Succoth (Eg. Thikke), the district round Pithom (Exodus 1:11_ b_). The number 600,000 (_cf._ Numbers 11:21), not including children (rather little ones, _i.e._ women and children, as Exodus 10:10;...

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 YEAR TO YOU. (3) SPEAK YE UNTO ALL THE CONGREGATION OF IS-RA-EL, SAYING, IN THE TENTH _day_ of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers-' houses, a lamb for a household: (4) and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbor next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man's eating ye shall make your count for the lamb. (5) Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old: ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats: (6) and ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Is-ra-el shall kill it at even. (7) And they...

12:49 home-born (a-9) Lit. 'native.'...

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 an examination of this chapter shows that it contains two separate accounts of the institution of the Passover, one extending from Exodus 12:1, the other from Exodus 12:21. The latter is the proper continuation of Exodus 11....