English Standard Version
Exodus 12:22
22Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.
Exodus 12:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
- New International Version (NIV)Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Drain the blood into a basin. Then take a bundle of hyssop branches and dip it into the blood. Brush the hyssop across the top and sides of the doorframes of your houses. And no one may go out through the door until morning.
Context of Exodus 12:22
20You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwelling places you shall eat unleavened bread." 21Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, "Go and select lambs for yourselves according to your clans, and kill the Passover lamb. Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning. 23For the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you. 24You shall observe this rite as a statute for you and for your sons forever.
Read all of Exodus 12Exodus 12:22 word by word
וּלְקַחְתֶּ֞ם אֲגֻדַּ֣ת אֵז֗וֹב וּטְבַלְתֶּם֮ בַּדָּ֣ם אֲשֶׁר־בַּסַּף֒ וְהִגַּעְתֶּ֤ם אֶל־הַמַּשְׁקוֹף֙ וְאֶל־שְׁתֵּ֣י הַמְּזוּזֹ֔ת מִן־הַדָּ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֣ר בַּסָּ֑ף וְאַתֶּ֗ם לֹ֥א תֵצְא֛וּ אִ֥ישׁ מִפֶּֽתַח־בֵּית֖וֹ עַד־בֹּֽקֶר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And ye shall takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- a bunchאֲגֻדָּה'ăgûddâh · bandH92
- of hyssopאֵזוֹב'êzôb · hyssopH231
- and dipטָבַלţâbal · to dipH2881
- in the bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
- in the basonסַףsaph · basinH5592
- and strikeנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
- the lintelמַשְׁקוֹףmashqôph · lintelH4947
- and the twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
- side postsמְזוּזָהmezûzâh mezûzâh · doorpostH4201
- and noneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
- of you shall go outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
- at the doorפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
- of his houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
- until the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
Cross-references for Exodus 12:22
- Leviticus 14:6He shall take the live bird with the cedarwood and the scarlet yarn and the hyssop, and dip them and the live bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the fresh water.
- Numbers 19:18Then a clean person shall take hyssop and dip it in the water and sprinkle it on the tent and on all the furnishings and on the persons who were there and on whoever touched the bone, or the slain or the dead or the grave.
- Psalms 51:7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
- Hebrews 9:1Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly place of holiness.
- Hebrews 11:28By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.
- Hebrews 12:24and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
- 1 Peter 1:2according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood: May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
- Exodus 12:7"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.
- Matthew 26:30And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Commentaries on Exodus 12:22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22A bunch of hyssop - The original word אזוב ezob has been variously translated musk, rosemary, polypody of the wall, mint, origanum, marjoram, and Hyssop: the latter seems to be the most proper. Parkhurst says it is named from its detersive and cleansing qualities, whence it was used in sprinkling the blood of the paschal lamb, in cleansing the leprosy, Leviticus 14:4, Leviticus 14:6, Leviticus 14:51, Leviticus 14:52; in composing the water of…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22A bunch of hyssop - The species here designated does not appear to be the plant now bearing the name. It would seem to have been an aromatic plant, common in Palestine and near Mount Sinai, with a long straight stalk and leaves well adapted for the purpose of sprinkling. Bason - The rendering rests on good authority and gives a good sense: but the word means “threshold” in some other passages and in Egyptian, and is taken here in that sense by some…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-28Verses 21-28 That night, when the first-born were to be destroyed, no Israelite must stir out of doors till called to march out of Egypt. Their safety was owing to the blood of sprinkling. If they put themselves from under the protection of that, it was at their peril. They must stay within, to wait for the salvation of the Lord; it is good to do so. In after-times they should carefully teach their children the meaning of this service. It is good for…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22Hyssop is a small bush with firm, compact branches that a person can use as a brush (see also Psalm 51:7 and study note).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 21-2521-25. Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, &c.--Here are given special directions for the observance.Read the comment
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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
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