Exodus 12:7

Exodus 12:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it.

Context of Exodus 12:7

5You must have an unblemished animal, a year-old male; you may take it from either the sheep or the goats. 6You are to keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembly of the community of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight. They must take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses where they eat them. 8They are to eat the meat that night; they should eat it, roasted over the fire along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 9Do not eat any of it raw or cooked in boiling water, but only roasted over fire — its head as well as its legs and inner organs.

Exodus 12:7 word by word

וְלָֽקְחוּ֙ מִן־הַדָּ֔ם וְנָֽתְנ֛וּ עַל־שְׁתֵּ֥י הַמְּזוּזֹ֖ת וְעַל־הַמַּשְׁק֑וֹף עַ֚ל הַבָּ֣תִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־יֹאכְל֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ בָּהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they shall takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• of the bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• and strikeנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• on the twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• side postsמְזוּזָהmezûzâh mezûzâh · doorpostH4201
• and on the upper door postמַשְׁקוֹףmashqôph · lintelH4947
• of the housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• wherein they shall eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398

Cross-references for Exodus 12:7

• Exodus 12:22Take a cluster of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and brush the lintel and the two doorposts with some of the blood in the basin. None of you may go out the door of his house until morning.
• Ephesians 1:7In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace
• Hebrews 9:13For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow, sprinkling those who are defiled, sanctify for the purification of the flesh,
• Hebrews 10:14For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are sanctified.
• Hebrews 11:28By faith he instituted the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch the Israelites.
• 1 Peter 1:2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the sanctifying work of the Spirit, to be obedient and to be sprinkled with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be multiplied to you.

Commentaries on Exodus 12:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts - This was to be done by dipping a bunch of hyssop into the blood, and thus sprinkling it upon the posts, etc.; see Exodus 12:22. That this sprinkling of the blood of the paschal lamb was an emblem of the sacrifice and atonement made by the death of Jesus Christ, is most clearly intimated in the sacred writings, 1 Peter 1:2; Hebrews 9:13, Hebrews 9:14; Hebrews 8:10. It is remarkable that no blood was…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The upper door post - Or lintel, Exodus 12:23. This direction was understood by the Hebrews to apply only to the first Passover: it was certainly not adopted in Palestine. The meaning of the sprinkling of blood is hardly open to question. It was a representation of the offering of the life, substituted for that of the firstborn in each house, as an expiatory and vicarious sacrifice.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7blood: God could not simply spare his people from this plague as he had with the others. Death rules in the world because of sin. In light of God's justice, sin cannot be ignored. He must punish or atone for it. Blood represents life (Leviticus 17:11). So, it is the only acceptable way to forgive sins (Hebrews 9:22). As Deuteronomy 6:9 suggests, doorframes represent the entirety of life as the place of entering and exiting.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. take of the blood, and strike it on the two side-posts, &c.--as a sign of safety to those within. The posts must be considered of tents, in which the Israelites generally lived, though some might be in houses. Though the Israelites were sinners as well as the Egyptians, God was pleased to accept the substitution of a lamb--the blood of which, being seen sprinkled on the doorposts, procured them mercy. It was to be on the sideposts and upper doorposts…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 12:7

• Blood
• Israel
• Month
• Passover
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Blood
• Convocation
• Cry
• Frontlets
• House
• Leaven
• Lintel
• Mean
• Observe
• Passover

Commentaries on Exodus 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings