Exodus 12:6

Exodus 12:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
• New International Version (NIV)Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight.

Context of Exodus 12:6

4If any household is too small for a lamb, the man and his next-door neighbor are to take a lamb according to the number of people – you will make your count for the lamb according to how much each one can eat. 5Your lamb must be perfect, a male, one year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. You must care for it until the fourteenth day of this month, and then the whole community of Israel will kill it around sundown. 7They will take some of the blood and put it on the two side posts and top of the doorframe of the houses where they will eat it. 8They will eat the meat the same night; they will eat it roasted over the fire with bread made without yeast and with bitter herbs.

Exodus 12:6 word by word

וְהָיָ֤ה לָכֶם֙ לְמִשְׁמֶ֔רֶת עַ֣ד אַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר י֖וֹם לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַזֶּ֑ה וְשָׁחֲט֣וּ אֹת֗וֹ כֹּ֛ל קְהַ֥ל עֲדַֽת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל בֵּ֥ין הָעַרְבָּֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And ye shall keepמִשְׁמֶ֫רֶתmishmereth · chargeH4931
• it up until the fourteenthעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• it up until the fourteenthאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of the same monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• and the wholeכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• assemblyקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• of the congregationעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• shall killשָׁחַטshâchaţ · to slaughterH7819
• it inבַּ֫יִןbêyn · betweenH996
• the eveningעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153

Cross-references for Exodus 12:6

• Leviticus 23:5In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, is a Passover offering to the Lord.
• Numbers 9:3In the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you are to observe it at its appointed time; you must keep it in accordance with all its statutes and all its customs.”
• Numbers 28:16“‘On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord’s Passover.
• Deuteronomy 16:1Observe the month Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for in that month he brought you out of Egypt by night.
• 2 Chronicles 30:15They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and Levites were ashamed, so they consecrated themselves and brought burnt sacrifices to the Lord’s temple.
• Ezekiel 45:21“‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you will celebrate the Passover, and for seven days bread made without yeast will be eaten.
• Isaiah 53:6All of us had wandered off like sheep; each of us had strayed off on his own path, but the Lord caused the sin of all of us to attack him.
• Matthew 27:20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds to ask for Barabbas and to have Jesus killed.
• Mark 15:1Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.
• Luke 23:1Then the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate.
• Acts 2:23this man, who was handed over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you executed by nailing him to a cross at the hands of Gentiles.
• Acts 3:14But you rejected the Holy and Righteous One and asked that a man who was a murderer be released to you.
• Acts 4:27“For indeed both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, assembled together in this city against your holy servant Jesus, whom you anointed,
• Exodus 16:12“I have heard the murmurings of the Israelites. Tell them, ‘During the evening you will eat meat, and in the morning you will be satisfied with bread, so that you may know that I am the Lord your God.’”
• Matthew 27:46At about three o’clock Jesus shouted with a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” that is, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”

Commentaries on Exodus 12:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day - The lamb or kid was to be taken from the flock on the tenth day, and kept up and fed by itself till the fourteenth day, when it was to be sacrificed. This was never commanded nor practiced afterwards. The rabbins mark four things that were required in the first passover that were never required afterwards: The eating of the lamb in their houses dispersed through Goshen. The taking the lamb on the tenth day…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Until the fourteenth day - It should be observed that the offering of our Lord on the self-same day is an important point in determining the typical character of the transaction. A remarkable passage in the Talmud says: “It was a famous and old opinion among the ancient Jews that the day of the new year which was the beginning of the Israelites‘ deliverance out of Egypt should in future time be the beginning of the redemption by the Messiah.” In the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6the whole assembly of the congregation: The entire community experiences both the benefits and responsibilities of a relationship with God together.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. keep it up until the fourteenth day, &c.--Being selected from the rest of the flock, it was to be separated four days before sacrifice; and for the same length of time was Christ under examination and His spotless innocence declared before the world. kill it in the evening--that is, the interval between the sun's beginning to decline, and sunset, corresponding to our three o'clock in the afternoon.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 12:6

• Church
• Israel
• Month
• Passover
• Symbols and Similitudes

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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