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Exodus 12:21

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elders: Exodus 3:16, Exodus 17:5, Exodus 19:7; Numbers 11:16

and take: Exodus 12:3; Numbers 9:2-5; Joshua 5:10; 2 Kings 23:21; 2 Chronicles 30:15-17, 2 Chronicles 35:5-6; Ezra 6:20; Matthew 26:17-19; Mark 14:12-16; Luke 22:7-13; 1 Corinthians 10:4

lamb: or, kid, Exodus 12:3 *marg.

the passover: That is, the lamb which was called the paschal:, or passover lamb; the animal sacrificed obtaining the name of the institution. St. Paul copies the expression in 1 Corinthians 5:7.

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