Exodus 12:23

Exodus 12:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the Lord will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.
• New International Version (NIV)When the Lord goes through the land to strike down the Egyptians, he will see the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe and will pass over that doorway, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses and strike you down.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For 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 not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.

Context of Exodus 12:23

21Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel, and told them, “Go and select for yourselves a lamb or young goat for your families, and kill the Passover animals. 22Take a branch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and apply to the top of the doorframe and the two side posts some of the blood that is in the basin. Not one of you is to go out the door of his house until morning. For the Lord will pass through to strike Egypt, and when he sees the blood on the top of the doorframe and the two side posts, then the Lord will pass over the door, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you. 24You must observe this event as an ordinance for you and for your children forever. 25When you enter the land that the Lord will give to you, just as he said, you must observe this ceremony.

Exodus 12:23 word by word

וְעָבַ֣ר יְהוָה֮ לִנְגֹּ֣ף אֶת־מִצְרַיִם֒ וְרָאָ֤ה אֶת־הַדָּם֙ עַל־הַמַּשְׁק֔וֹף וְעַ֖ל שְׁתֵּ֣י הַמְּזוּזֹ֑ת וּפָסַ֤ח יְהוָה֙ עַל־הַפֶּ֔תַח וְלֹ֤א יִתֵּן֙ הַמַּשְׁחִ֔ית לָבֹ֥א אֶל־בָּתֵּיכֶ֖ם לִנְגֹּֽף׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• will pass throughעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• to smiteנָגַףnâgaph · to strikeH5062
• the Egyptiansמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• and when he seethרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• the bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• upon the lintelמַשְׁקוֹףmashqôph · lintelH4947
• and on the twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• side postsמְזוּזָהmezûzâh mezûzâh · doorpostH4201
• will pass overפָּסַחpâsach · to passH6452
• the doorפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
• and will not sufferנָתַןnâthan · to give: allowH5414
• the destroyerשָׁחַתshâchath · to ruinH7843
• to comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• in unto your housesבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004

Cross-references for Exodus 12:23

• Exodus 12:12I will pass through the land of Egypt in the same night, and I will attack all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of humans and of animals, and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment. I am the Lord.
• 2 Samuel 24:16When the angel extended his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented from his judgment. He told the angel who was killing the people, “That’s enough! Stop now!” (Now the Lord’s angel was near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.)
• Isaiah 37:36The Lord’s messenger went out and killed 185,000 troops in the Assyrian camp. When they got up early the next morning, there were all the corpses!
• Ezekiel 9:4The Lord said to him, “Go through the city of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of the people who moan and groan over all the abominations practiced in it.”
• 1 Corinthians 10:10And do not complain, as some of them did, and were killed by the destroying angel.
• Hebrews 11:28By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the one who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.
• Hebrews 12:24and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks of something better than Abel’s does.
• Revelation 7:3“Do not damage the earth or the sea or the trees until we have put a seal on the foreheads of the servants of our God.”
• Revelation 9:4They were told not to damage the grass of the earth, or any green plant or tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their forehead.

Commentaries on Exodus 12:23

• 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. 1-30The Lord gave Moses instructions for the Passover meal and the Feast of Unleavened Bread (12:14–20). Moses and the people then celebrated the first Passover (12:21–30).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

Topics related to Exodus 12:23

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

In the dictionaries

• Angel
• Blood
• Convocation
• Cry
• Destroyer
• 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