New King James Version
Exodus 12:7
7And 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.
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 Living Translation (NLT)They are to take some of the blood and smear it on the sides and top of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the animal.
Context of Exodus 12:7
5Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats. 6Now 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. 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. 8Then they shall eat the flesh on that night; roasted in fire, with unleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted in fire—its head with its legs and its entrails.
Read all of Exodus 12Exodus 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 12:22And 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.
- Ephesians 1:7In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace
- Hebrews 9:13For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh,
- Hebrews 10:14For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
- Hebrews 11:28By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, lest he who destroyed the firstborn should touch them.
- 1 Peter 1:2elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
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
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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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