Exodus 12:1, The beginning of the year is changed; Exodus 12:3, The passover is instituted; Exodus 12:11, The import of the rite of the passover; Exodus 12:15, Unleavened bread, etc; Exodus 12:29, The firstborn are slain; Exodus 12:31, The Israelites are driven out of the land; Exodus 12:37, They come to Succoth; Exodus 12:41, The time of their sojourning; Exodus 12:43, The ordinance of the passover.
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Exodus 12 — OverviewExodus 12 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThis chapter gives an account of one of the most memorable ordinances,
and one of the most memorable providences, of all that are recorded in
the Old Testament. I. Not one of all the ordinances of the Jewish…Exodus 12 — OverviewExodus 12 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThis chapter begins with observing, that the month in which the above wonders were wrought in Egypt, and the following ordinance appointed to the Israelites, should hereafter be reckoned the first month in the year, Ex…Exodus 12:1-20Exodus 12:1-20 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleMoses and Aaron here receive of the Lord what they were afterwards to
deliver to the people concerning the ordinance of the passover, to
which is prefixed an order for a new style to be observed in their
months…Exodus 12:1Exodus 12:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe Lord spake.—According to the Biblical record, neither Moses nor Aaron introduced any legislation of their own, either at this time or later. The whole system, religious, political, and ecclesiastical, was received…Exodus 12:1-2Exodus 12:1-2 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe advantages of an ecclesiastical calendar.
With their new position as an independent nation, and their new privileges as God's redeemed people (Exodus 6:6), the Israelites received the gift of a new ecclesiastical…Exodus 12:1-20Exodus 12:1-20 · The Pulpit CommentaryFIRST INSTITUTION OF THE PASSOVER.
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