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Exodus 12:25
25When you enter the land the Lord has promised to give you, you will continue to observe this ceremony.
Exodus 12:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the Lord will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.
- New International Version (NIV)When you enter the land that the Lord will give you as he promised, observe this ceremony.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And when you come to the land that the Lord will give you, as he has promised, you shall keep this service.
- New King James Version (NKJV)It will come to pass when you come to the land which the Lord will give you, just as He promised, that you shall keep this service.
Context of Exodus 12:25
23For the Lord will pass through the land to strike down the Egyptians. But when he sees the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe, the Lord will pass over your home. He will not permit his death angel to enter your house and strike you down. 24“Remember, these instructions are a permanent law that you and your descendants must observe forever. When you enter the land the Lord has promised to give you, you will continue to observe this ceremony. 26Then your children will ask, ‘What does this ceremony mean?’ 27And you will reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the Lord, for he passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt. And though he struck the Egyptians, he spared our families.’” When Moses had finished speaking, all the people bowed down to the ground and worshiped.
Read all of Exodus 12Exodus 12:25 word by word
וְהָיָ֞ה כִּֽי־תָבֹ֣אוּ אֶל־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתֵּ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה לָכֶ֖ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֵּ֑ר וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־הָעֲבֹדָ֥ה הַזֹּֽאת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And it shall come to pass, when ye be comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- to the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- which the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- will giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- you, according as he hath promisedדָבַרdâbar · to speak: promiseH1696
- that ye shall keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
- this serviceעֲבֹדָה‛ăbôdâh ‛ăbôdâh · serviceH5656
Cross-references for Exodus 12:25
- Deuteronomy 4:5“Look, I now teach you these decrees and regulations just as the Lord my God commanded me, so that you may obey them in the land you are about to enter and occupy.
- Deuteronomy 12:8“Your pattern of worship will change. Today all of you are doing as you please,
- Deuteronomy 16:5“You may not sacrifice the Passover in just any of the towns that the Lord your God is giving you.
- Joshua 5:10While the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they celebrated Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month.
- Psalms 105:44He gave his people the lands of pagan nations, and they harvested crops that others had planted.
- Exodus 3:8So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and lead them out of Egypt into their own fertile and spacious land. It is a land flowing with milk and honey—the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.
Commentaries on Exodus 12:25
- 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. 25the land that the LORD will give you: This refers to the land of Canaan. God had earlier promised this land to Abraham (Genesis 12:7; 13:14–17).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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