Exodus 12

1:1 with (a-22) Lit. ’the man and.'

Exodus 12:2

12:2 beginning (b-8) Lit. ‘head.’ year (c-19) * The beginning of the year which began with the first new moon after the Spring Equinox.

Exodus 12:3

12:3 assembly (a-5) ‘Assembly’ is the congregation looked at as a moral whole, a corporate person before God. see Leviticus 4:13 ; Leviticus 8:3 . ‘Congregation,’ ver. 6, is, I apprehend, the actual subsisting congregation composed of all its members. lamb, (b-21) Or ‘kid,’ here and in all this passage, as also in Genesis 22:8 .

Exodus 12:5

12:5 blemish, (c-6) Elsewhere ‘perfect.’

Exodus 12:6

12:6 congregation (d-16) See Note a.

Exodus 12:8

12:8 [herbs] (e-18) Lit. ‘bitterness.’

Exodus 12:11

12:11 passover. (f-33) Signifies the action of passing over, see ver. 13.

Exodus 12:13

12:13 smite (g-41) See ver. 23.

Exodus 12:15

12:15 away (h-16) Lit. ‘put a stop to.’

Exodus 12:16

12:16 convocation, (i-11) ‘A calling together.’ see Numbers 10:2 . person (k-35) Lit. ’every soul.’

Exodus 12:21

12:21 Seize (a-13) Or ‘Draw out.’ lambs (b-17) Lit. ‘small cattle.’ see ver. 5 and Note b, ver. 3.

Exodus 12:23

12:23 smite (c-7) Here and ver. 27, ‘plague,’ see ver. 13.

Exodus 12:24

12:24 ordinance (d-8) Generally ‘statute.’ first occurrence Genesis 47:22 , ‘assigned portion,’ in Proverbs 30:8 , ‘daily need;’ Ezekiel 16:27 , ‘portion;’ also Exodus 15:25 ; Leviticus 10:13 ; Jeremiah 31:36 .

Exodus 12:27

12:27 smote (e-27) See ver. 23.

Exodus 12:29

12:29 dungeon, (f-39) Lit. ‘house of the pit.’

Exodus 12:49

12:49 home-born (a-9) Lit. ’native.’