Exodus 12:24

Exodus 12:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.
• New International Version (NIV)“Obey these instructions as a lasting ordinance for you and your descendants.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You shall observe this rite as a statute for you and for your sons forever.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And you shall observe this thing as an ordinance for you and your sons forever.

Context of Exodus 12:24

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. 23For 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. You 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. 26When your children ask you, ‘What does this ceremony mean to you?’ –

Exodus 12:24 word by word

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה לְחָק־לְךָ֥ וּלְבָנֶ֖יךָ עַד־עוֹלָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And ye shall observeשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• this thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• for an ordinanceחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
• to thee and to thy sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• forעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769

Cross-references for Exodus 12:24

• Exodus 12:14This day will become a memorial for you, and you will celebrate it as a festival to the Lord – you will celebrate it perpetually as a lasting ordinance.
• Genesis 17:8I will give the whole land of Canaan – the land where you are now residing – to you and your descendants after you as a permanent possession. I will be their God.”

Commentaries on Exodus 12:24

• 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 12:24

• Israel
• Month
• Ordinance
• Passover
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Blood
• Convocation
• Cry
• Leaven
• Mean
• Observe
• Passover
• Purtenance
• Sacrifice
• Sojourning

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