EXODUS
Chapter 12
Passover - Death of Firstborn - Blood
The First Passover
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1. And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
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Hebrew
- וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל־אַהֲרֹן בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לֵאמֹר׃
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2. This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month
of the year to you.
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Hebrew
- הַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה לָכֶם רֹאשׁ חֳדָשִׁים רִאשׁוֹן הוּא לָכֶם לְחָדְשֵׁי הַשָּׁנָה׃
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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 fathers, a
lamb for an house:
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Hebrew
- דַּבְּרוּ אֶל־כָּל־עֲדַת יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר בֶּעָשֹׂר לַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה וְיִקְחוּ לָהֶם אִישׁ שֶׂה לְבֵית־אָבֹת שֶׂה לַבָּיִת׃
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Notes
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4. 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 for the lamb.
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Hebrew
- וְאִם־יִמְעַט הַבַּיִת מִהְיֹת מִשֶּׂה וְלָקַח הוּא וּשְׁכֵנוֹ הַקָּרֹב אֶל־בֵּיתוֹ בְּמִכְסַת נְפָשֹׁת אִישׁ לְפִי אָכְלוֹ תָּכֹסּוּ עַל־הַשֶּׂה׃
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5. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep,
or from the goats:
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Hebrew
- שֶׂה תָמִים זָכָר בֶּן־שָׁנָה יִהְיֶה לָכֶם מִן־הַכְּבָשִׂים וּמִן־הָעִזִּים תִּקָּחוּ׃
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6. And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly
of the congregation of Isreael shall kill it in the evening.
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Hebrew
- וְהָיָה לָכֶם לְמִשְׁמֶרֶת עַד אַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם לַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה וְשָׁחֲטוּ אֹתוֹ כֹּל קְהַל עֲדַת־יִשְׂרָאֵל בֵּין הָעַרְבָּיִם׃
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7.↓ And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein
they shall eat it.
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Hebrew
- וְלָקְחוּ מִן־הַדָּם וְנָתְנוּ עַל־שְׁתֵּי הַמְּזוּזֹת וְעַל־הַמַּשְׁקוֹף עַל הַבָּתִּים אֲשֶׁר־יֹאכְלוּ אֹתוֹ בָּהֶם׃
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Notes
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° The lamb is to be without blemish
° Once killed you were to appropriate the blood
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8. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread,
and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
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Hebrew
- וְאָכְלוּ אֶת־הַבָּשָׂר בַּלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה צְלִי־אֵשׁ וּמַצּוֹת עַל־מְרֹרִים יֹאכְלֻהוּ׃
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9. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the
purtenance thereof.
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Hebrew
- אַל־תֹּאכְלוּ מִמֶּנּוּ נָא וּבָשֵׁל מְבֻשָּׁל בַּמָּיִם כִּי אִם־צְלִי־ אֵשׁ רֹאשׁוֹ עַל־כְּרָעָיו וְעַל־קִרְבּוֹ׃
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10. And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until
the morning ye shall burn with fire.
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Hebrew
- וְלֹא־תוֹתִירוּ מִמֶּנּוּ עַד־בֹּקֶר וְהַנֹּתָר מִמֶּנּוּ עַד־בֹּקֶר בָּאֵשׁ תִּשְׂרֹפוּ׃
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11.↓ And thus shall ye eat it; with your lins girded; your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is
the LORD'S passover.
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Hebrew
- וְכָכָה תֹּאכְלוּ אֹתוֹ מָתְנֵיכֶם חֲגֻרִים נַעֲלֵיכֶם בְּרַגְלֵיכֶם וּמַקֶּלְכֶם בְּיֶדְכֶם וַאֲכַלְתֶּם אֹתוֹ בְּחִפָּזוֹן פֶּסַח הוּא לַיהוָה׃
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Notes
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° You were to partake of the Passover and appropriate the blood with your loins girded, shoes on your feet, and your staff in hand
° "Loins girded" originally alluded to tucking up the traditional long robe into a girdle/belt, so it would not hamper you physically
° What covers you, should not hinder you
° Once you were covered by the blood you were to be ready for action
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12. For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast;
and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
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Hebrew
- וְעָבַרְתִּי בְאֶרֶץ־מִצְרַיִם בַּלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה וְהִכֵּיתִי כָל־בְּכוֹר בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מֵאָדָם וְעַד־בְּהֵמָה וּבְכָל־אֱלֹהֵי מִצְרַיִם אֶעֱשֶׂה שְׁפָטִים אֲנִי יְהוָה׃
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13.↓↓ And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see
the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you,
when I smite the land of Egypt.
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Hebrew
- וְהָיָה הַדָּם לָכֶם לְאֹת עַל הַבָּתִּים אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם שָׁם וְרָאִיתִי אֶת־הַדָּם וּפָסַחְתִּי עֲלֵכֶם וְלֹא־יִהְיֶה בָכֶם נֶגֶף לְמַשְׁחִית בְּהַכֹּתִי בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם׃
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Notes
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° The only saving option was the blood, and that is the same for us today!
° The only condition for us to have a saving relationship with God is to appropriate the blood
° After appropriating the blood, we must be ready for war!
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