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Selected Verse: Exodus 12:11 - Strong Concordance
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| Ex 12:11 |
Strong Concordance |
And thus [03602] shall ye eat [0398] it; with your loins [04975] girded [02296], your shoes [05275] on your feet [07272], and your staff [04731] in your hand [03027]; and ye shall eat [0398] it in haste [02649]: it is the LORD'S [03068] passover [06453]. |
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King James |
And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins 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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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
THE RITE OF THE PASSOVER. (Exo 12:11-14)
thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet--as prepared for a journey. The first was done by the skirts of the loose outer cloth being drawn up and fastened in the girdle, so as to leave the leg and knee free for motion. As to the other, the Orientals never wear shoes indoors, and the ancient Egyptians, as appears from the monuments, did not usually wear either shoes or sandals. These injunctions seem to have applied chiefly to the first celebration of the rite.
it is the Lord's passover--called by this name from the blood-marked dwellings of the Israelites being passed over figuratively by the destroying angel. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
These instructions are understood by the Jews to apply only to the first Passover, when they belonged to the occasion. There is no trace of their observance at any later time. Each of the directions marks preparation for a journey; the long flowing robes are girded round the loins; shoes or sandals, not worn in the house or at meals, were fastened on the feet; and the traveler's staff was taken in hand.
The Lord's passover - The great and most significant name for the whole ordinance. The word Passover renders as nearly as possible the true meaning of the original, of which the primary sense is generally held to be "pass rapidly," like a bird with outstretched wings, but it undoubtedly includes the idea of sparing Exo 12:13. See Isa 31:5, which combines the two great ideas involved in the word. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
passover
The Passover, type of Christ our Redeemer (Exo 12:1-28); (Joh 1:29); (Co1 5:6); (Co1 5:7); (Pe1 1:18); (Pe1 1:19).
(1) The lamb must be without blemish, and to test this it was kept up for four days (Exo 12:5); (Exo 12:6). So our Lord's public life, under hostile scrutiny, was the testing which proved his holiness; (Luk 11:53); (Luk 11:54); (Joh 8:46); (Joh 18:38).
(2) The Lamb thus tested must be slain (Exo 12:6); (Joh 12:24); (Heb 9:22).
(3) The blood must be applied (Exo 12:7) This answers to appropriation by personal faith, and refutes universalism (Joh 3:36).
(4) The blood thus applied of itself, without anything, constituted a perfect protection from judgment (Exo 12:13); (Jo1 1:7); (Heb 10:10); (Heb 10:14).
(5) The feast typified Christ as the bread of life, answering to the memorial supper. (Mat 26:26-28); (Co1 11:23-26). To observe the feast was a duty and privilege, but not a condition of safety. As a matter of fact, the bread was not eaten by the Israelites on the night in which, nevertheless, they were preserved from the judgment upon the firstborn. (Exo 12:34-39). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The Lord's passover - A sign of his passing over you, when he destroyed the Egyptians. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded - As in the eastern countries they wear long loose garments, whenever they travel they tuck up the fore parts of their garments in the girdle which they wear round their loins.
Your shoes on your feet - This seems particularly mentioned because not customary. "The easterns throw off their shoes when they eat, because it would be troublesome," says Sir J. Chardin, "to keep their shoes upon their feet, they sitting cross-legged on the floor, and having no hinder quarters to their shoes, which are made like slippers; and as they do not use tables and chairs as we do in Europe, but have their floors covered with carpets, they throw off their shoes when they enter their apartments, lest they should soil those beautiful pieces of furniture." On the contrary the Israelites were to have their shoes on, because now about to commence their journey. It was customary among the Romans to lay aside their shoes when they went to a banquet. The servants took them off them when they entered the house, and returned them when they departed to their own habitations.
Your staff in your hand - The same writer observes that the eastern people universally make use of a staff when they travel on foot.
Ye shall eat it in haste - Because they were suddenly to take their departure: the destroying angel was at hand, their enemies were coming against them, and they had not a moment to lose.
It is the Lord's passover - That is, Jehovah is now about to pass over the land, and the houses only where the blood is sprinkled shall be safe from the stroke of death. The Hebrew word פסח pesach, which we very properly translate Passover, and which should always be pronounced as two words, has its name from the angel of God passing by or over the houses of the Israelites, on the posts and lintels of which the blood of the lamb was sprinkled, while he stopped at the houses of the Egyptians to slay their first-born. |
11 And thus [03602] shall ye eat [0398] it; with your loins [04975] girded [02296], your shoes [05275] on your feet [07272], and your staff [04731] in your hand [03027]; and ye shall eat [0398] it in haste [02649]: it is the LORD'S [03068] passover [06453].
12 For I will pass [05674] through the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] this night [03915], and will smite [05221] all the firstborn [01060] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], both man [0120] and beast [0929]; and against all the gods [0430] of Egypt [04714] I will execute [06213] judgment [08201]: I am the LORD [03068].
13 And the blood [01818] shall be to you for a token [0226] upon the houses [01004] where ye are: and when I see [07200] the blood [01818], I will pass [06452] over you, and the plague [05063] shall not be upon you to destroy [04889] you, when I smite [05221] the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
14 And this day [03117] shall be unto you for a memorial [02146]; and ye shall keep [02287] it a feast [02282] to the LORD [03068] throughout your generations [01755]; ye shall keep it a feast [02287] by an ordinance [02708] for ever [05769].
5 As birds [06833] flying [05774], so will the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] defend [01598] Jerusalem [03389]; defending [01598] also he will deliver [05337] it; and passing over [06452] he will preserve [04422] it.
13 And the blood [01818] shall be to you for a token [0226] upon the houses [01004] where ye are: and when I see [07200] the blood [01818], I will pass [06452] over you, and the plague [05063] shall not be upon you to destroy [04889] you, when I smite [05221] the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
34 And the people [05971] took [05375] their dough [01217] before it was leavened [02556], their kneadingtroughs [04863] being bound up [06887] in their clothes [08071] upon their shoulders [07926].
35 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] did [06213] according to the word [01697] of Moses [04872]; and they borrowed [07592] of the Egyptians [04714] jewels [03627] of silver [03701], and jewels [03627] of gold [02091], and raiment [08071]:
36 And the LORD [03068] gave [05414] the people [05971] favour [02580] in the sight [05869] of the Egyptians [04714], so that they lent [07592] unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled [05337] the Egyptians [04714].
37 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] journeyed [05265] from Rameses [07486] to Succoth [05523], about six [08337] hundred [03967] thousand [0505] on foot [07273] that were men [01397], beside [0905] children [02945].
38 And a mixed [06154] multitude [07227] went up [05927] also with them; and flocks [06629], and herds [01241], even very [03966] much [03515] cattle [04735].
39 And they baked [0644] unleavened [04682] cakes [05692] of the dough [01217] which they brought forth [03318] out of Egypt [04714], for it was not leavened [02556]; because they were thrust out [01644] of Egypt [04714], and could [03201] not tarry [04102], neither had they prepared [06213] for themselves any victual [06720].
23 For [1063] I [1473] have received [3880] of [575] the Lord [2962] that which [3739] also [2532] I delivered [3860] unto you [5213], That [3754] the Lord [2962] Jesus [2424] the same night [3571] in [1722] which [3739] he was betrayed [3860] took [2983] bread [740]:
24 And [2532] when he had given thanks [2168], he brake [2806] it, and [2532] said [2036], Take [2983], eat [5315]: this [5124] is [2076] my [3450] body [4983], which [3588] is broken [2806] for [5228] you [5216]: this [5124] do [4160] in [1519] remembrance [364] of me [1699].
25 After the same manner [5615] also [2532] he took the cup [4221], when [3326] he had supped [1172], saying [3004], This [5124] cup [4221] is [2076] the new [2537] testament [1242] in [1722] my [1699] blood [129]: this [5124] do ye [4160], as oft as [3740] [302] ye drink [4095] it, in [1519] remembrance [364] of me [1699].
26 For [1063] as often as [302] [3740] ye eat [2068] this [5126] bread [740], and [2532] drink [4095] this [5124] cup [4221], ye do shew [2605] the Lord's [2962] death [2288] till [891] [302] he [3739] come [2064].
26 And [1161] as they [846] were eating [2068], Jesus [2424] took [2983] bread [740], and [2532] blessed [2127] it, and brake [2806] it, and [2532] gave [1325] it to the disciples [3101], and [2532] said [2036], Take [2983], eat [5315]; this [5124] is [2076] my [3450] body [4983].
27 And [2532] he took [2983] the cup [4221], and [2532] gave thanks [2168], and gave [1325] it to them [846], saying [3004], Drink ye [4095] all [3956] of [1537] it [846];
28 For [1063] this [5124] is [2076] my [3450] blood [129] of the new [2537] testament [1242], which [3588] is shed [1632] for [4012] many [4183] for [1519] the remission [859] of sins [266].
14 For [1063] by one [3391] offering [4376] he hath perfected [5048] for [1519] ever [1336] them that are sanctified [37].
10 By [1722] the which [3739] will [2307] we are [2070] sanctified [37] through [1223] the offering [4376] of the body [4983] of Jesus [2424] Christ [5547] once [2178] for all.
7 But [1161] if [1437] we walk [4043] in [1722] the light [5457], as [5613] he [846] is [2076] in [1722] the light [5457], we have [2192] fellowship [2842] one with another [3326] [240], and [2532] the blood [129] of Jesus [2424] Christ [5547] his [846] Son [5207] cleanseth [2511] us [2248] from [575] all [3956] sin [266].
13 And the blood [01818] shall be to you for a token [0226] upon the houses [01004] where ye are: and when I see [07200] the blood [01818], I will pass [06452] over you, and the plague [05063] shall not be upon you to destroy [04889] you, when I smite [05221] the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
36 He that believeth [4100] on [1519] the Son [5207] hath [2192] everlasting [166] life [2222]: and [1161] he that believeth not [544] the Son [5207] shall [3700] not [3756] see [3700] life [2222]; but [235] the wrath [3709] of God [2316] abideth [3306] on [1909] him [846].
7 And they shall take [03947] of the blood [01818], and strike [05414] it on the two [08147] side posts [04201] and on the upper door post [04947] of the houses [01004], wherein they shall eat [0398] it.
22 And [2532] almost [4975] all things [3956] are [2511] by [2596] the law [3551] purged [2511] with [1722] blood [129]; and [2532] without [5565] shedding of blood [130] is [1096] no [3756] remission [859].
24 Verily [281], verily [281], I say [3004] unto you [5213], Except [3362] a corn [2848] of wheat [4621] fall [4098] into [1519] the ground [1093] and die [599], it [846] abideth [3306] alone [3441]: but [1161] if [1437] it die [599], it bringeth forth [5342] much [4183] fruit [2590].
6 And ye shall keep [04931] it up until the fourteenth [0702] [06240] day [03117] of the same month [02320]: and the whole [03605] assembly [06951] of the congregation [05712] of Israel [03478] shall kill [07819] it in [0996] the evening [06153].
38 Pilate [4091] saith [3004] unto him [846], What [5101] is [2076] truth [225]? And [2532] when he had said [2036] this [5124], he went out [1831] again [3825] unto [4314] the Jews [2453], and [2532] saith [3004] unto them [846], I [1473] find [2147] in [1722] him [846] no [3762] fault [156] at all.
46 Which [5101] of [1537] you [5216] convinceth [1651] me [3165] of [4012] sin [266]? And [1161] if [1487] I say [3004] the truth [225], why [1302] do [4100] ye [5210] not [3756] believe [4100] me [3427]?
54 Laying wait for [1748] him [846], and [2532] seeking [2212] to catch [2340] something [5100] out of [1537] his [846] mouth [4750], that [2443] they might accuse [2723] him [846].
53 And [1161] as he [846] said [3004] these things [5023] unto [4314] them [846], the scribes [1122] and [2532] the Pharisees [5330] began [756] to urge [1758] him vehemently [1171], and [2532] to provoke [653] him [846] to speak [653] of [4012] many things [4119]:
6 And ye shall keep [04931] it up until the fourteenth [0702] [06240] day [03117] of the same month [02320]: and the whole [03605] assembly [06951] of the congregation [05712] of Israel [03478] shall kill [07819] it in [0996] the evening [06153].
5 Your lamb [07716] shall be without blemish [08549], a male [02145] of the first [01121] year [08141]: ye shall take [03947] it out from the sheep [03532], or from the goats [05795]:
19 But [235] with the precious [5093] blood [129] of Christ [5547], as [5613] of a lamb [286] without blemish [299] and [2532] without spot [784]:
18 Forasmuch as ye know [1492] that [3754] ye were [3084] not [3756] redeemed [3084] with corruptible things [5349], as silver [694] and [2228] gold [5553], from [1537] your [5216] vain [3152] conversation [391] received by tradition from your fathers [3970];
7 Purge out [1571] therefore [3767] the old [3820] leaven [2219], that [2443] ye may be [5600] a new [3501] lump [5445], as [2531] ye are [2075] unleavened [106]. For [1063] even [2532] Christ [5547] our [2257] passover [3957] is sacrificed [2380] for [5228] us [2257]:
6 Your [5216] glorying [2745] is not [3756] good [2570]. Know ye [1492] not [3756] that [3754] a little [3398] leaven [2219] leaveneth [2220] the whole [3650] lump [5445]?
29 The next day [1887] John [2491] seeth [991] Jesus [2424] coming [2064] unto [4314] him [846], and [2532] saith [3004], Behold [2396] the Lamb [286] of God [2316], which [3588] taketh away [142] the sin [266] of the world [2889].
1 And the LORD [03068] spake [0559] unto Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], saying [0559],
2 This month [02320] shall be unto you the beginning [07218] of months [02320]: it shall be the first [07223] month [02320] of the year [08141] to you.
3 Speak [01696] ye unto all the congregation [05712] of Israel [03478], saying [0559], In the tenth [06218] day of this month [02320] they shall take [03947] to them every man [0376] a lamb [07716], according to the house [01004] of their fathers [01], a lamb [07716] for an house [01004]:
4 And if the household [01004] be [01961] too little [04591] for the lamb [07716], let him and his neighbour [07934] next [07138] unto his house [01004] take [03947] it according to the number [04373] of the souls [05315]; every man [0376] according [06310] to his eating [0400] shall make your count [03699] for the lamb [07716].
5 Your lamb [07716] shall be without blemish [08549], a male [02145] of the first [01121] year [08141]: ye shall take [03947] it out from the sheep [03532], or from the goats [05795]:
6 And ye shall keep [04931] it up until the fourteenth [0702] [06240] day [03117] of the same month [02320]: and the whole [03605] assembly [06951] of the congregation [05712] of Israel [03478] shall kill [07819] it in [0996] the evening [06153].
7 And they shall take [03947] of the blood [01818], and strike [05414] it on the two [08147] side posts [04201] and on the upper door post [04947] of the houses [01004], wherein they shall eat [0398] it.
8 And they shall eat [0398] the flesh [01320] in that night [03915], roast [06748] with fire [0784], and unleavened bread [04682]; and with bitter [04844] herbs they shall eat [0398] it.
9 Eat [0398] not of it raw [04995], nor sodden [01310] [01311] at all with water [04325], but roast [06748] with fire [0784]; his head [07218] with his legs [03767], and with the purtenance [07130] thereof.
10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain [03498] until the morning [01242]; and that which remaineth [03498] of it until the morning [01242] ye shall burn [08313] with fire [0784].
11 And thus [03602] shall ye eat [0398] it; with your loins [04975] girded [02296], your shoes [05275] on your feet [07272], and your staff [04731] in your hand [03027]; and ye shall eat [0398] it in haste [02649]: it is the LORD'S [03068] passover [06453].
12 For I will pass [05674] through the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] this night [03915], and will smite [05221] all the firstborn [01060] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], both man [0120] and beast [0929]; and against all the gods [0430] of Egypt [04714] I will execute [06213] judgment [08201]: I am the LORD [03068].
13 And the blood [01818] shall be to you for a token [0226] upon the houses [01004] where ye are: and when I see [07200] the blood [01818], I will pass [06452] over you, and the plague [05063] shall not be upon you to destroy [04889] you, when I smite [05221] the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
14 And this day [03117] shall be unto you for a memorial [02146]; and ye shall keep [02287] it a feast [02282] to the LORD [03068] throughout your generations [01755]; ye shall keep it a feast [02287] by an ordinance [02708] for ever [05769].
15 Seven [07651] days [03117] shall ye eat [0398] unleavened bread [04682]; even [0389] the first [07223] day [03117] ye shall put away [07673] leaven [07603] out of your houses [01004]: for whosoever eateth [0398] leavened bread [02557] from the first [07223] day [03117] until the seventh [07637] day [03117], that soul [05315] shall be cut [03772] off from Israel [03478].
16 And in the first [07223] day [03117] there shall be an holy [06944] convocation [04744], and in the seventh [07637] day [03117] there shall be an holy [06944] convocation [04744] to you; no manner of work [04399] shall be done [06213] in them, save [0389] that which every man [05315] must eat [0398], that only may be done [06213] of you.
17 And ye shall observe [08104] the feast of unleavened bread [04682]; for in this selfsame [06106] day [03117] have I brought [03318] your armies [06635] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]: therefore shall ye observe [08104] this day [03117] in your generations [01755] by an ordinance [02708] for ever [05769].
18 In the first [07223] month, on the fourteenth [06240] [0702] day [03117] of the month [02320] at even [06153], ye shall eat [0398] unleavened bread [04682], until the one [0259] and twentieth [06242] day [03117] of the month [02320] at even [06153].
19 Seven [07651] days [03117] shall there be no leaven [07603] found [04672] in your houses [01004]: for whosoever eateth [0398] that which is leavened [02556], even that soul [05315] shall be cut off [03772] from the congregation [05712] of Israel [03478], whether he be a stranger [01616], or born [0249] in the land [0776].
20 Ye shall eat [0398] nothing leavened [02556]; in all your habitations [04186] shall ye eat [0398] unleavened bread [04682].
21 Then Moses [04872] called [07121] for all the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], and said [0559] unto them, Draw out [04900] and take [03947] you a lamb [06629] according to your families [04940], and kill [07819] the passover [06453].
22 And ye shall take [03947] a bunch [092] of hyssop [0231], and dip [02881] it in the blood [01818] that is in the bason [05592], and strike [05060] the lintel [04947] and the two [08147] side posts [04201] with the blood [01818] that is in the bason [05592]; and none [0376] of you shall go out [03318] at the door [06607] of his house [01004] until the morning [01242].
23 For the LORD [03068] will pass through [05674] to smite [05062] the Egyptians [04714]; and when he seeth [07200] the blood [01818] upon the lintel [04947], and on the two [08147] side posts [04201], the LORD [03068] will pass over [06452] the door [06607], and will not suffer [05414] the destroyer [07843] to come [0935] in unto your houses [01004] to smite [05062] you.
24 And ye shall observe [08104] this thing [01697] for an ordinance [02706] to thee and to thy sons [01121] for [05704] ever [05769].
25 And it shall come to pass, when ye be come [0935] to the land [0776] which the LORD [03068] will give [05414] you, according as he hath promised [01696], that ye shall keep [08104] this service [05656].
26 And it shall come to pass, when your children [01121] shall say [0559] unto you, What mean ye by this service [05656]?
27 That ye shall say [0559], It is the sacrifice [02077] of the LORD'S [03068] passover [06453], who passed [06452] over the houses [01004] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] in Egypt [04714], when he smote [05062] the Egyptians [04714], and delivered [05337] our houses [01004]. And the people [05971] bowed the head [06915] and worshipped [07812].
28 And the children [01121] of Israel [03478] went away [03212], and did [06213] as the LORD [03068] had commanded [06680] Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175], so did [06213] they.