Revised Literal Translation
Exodus 12:14
14And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to Yhwh throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
Exodus 12:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
- New International Version (NIV)“This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord—a lasting ordinance.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast.
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘So this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord throughout your generations. You shall keep it as a feast by an everlasting ordinance.
Context of Exodus 12:14
12For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am Yhwh. 13And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt. And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to Yhwh throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. 15Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. 16And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
Read all of Exodus 12Exodus 12:14 word by word
וְהָיָה֩ הַיּ֨וֹם הַזֶּ֤ה לָכֶם֙ לְזִכָּר֔וֹן וְחַגֹּתֶ֥ם אֹת֖וֹ חַ֣ג לַֽיהוָ֑ה לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם חֻקַּ֥ת עוֹלָ֖ם תְּחָגֻּֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear
- And this dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- shall be unto you for a memorialזִכָּרוֹןzikrôn · memorialH2146
- and ye shall keepחָגַגchâgag · to celebrateH2287
- it a feastחַגchag châg · feastH2282
- to Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- throughout your generationsדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
- by an ordinanceחֻקָּהchûqqâh · statuteH2708
- for everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
Cross-references for Exodus 12:14
- Exodus 13:9And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that Yhwh’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath Yhwh brought thee out of Egypt.
- Numbers 16:40To be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before Yhwh; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as Yhwh said to him by the hand of Moses.
- Joshua 4:7Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Yhwh; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever.
- Psalms 111:4He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: Yhwh is gracious and full of compassion.
- Psalms 135:13Thy name, O Yhwh, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O Yhwh, throughout all generations.
- Zechariah 6:14And the crowns shall be to Helem, and to Tobijah, and to Jedaiah, and to Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of Yhwh.
- Matthew 26:13Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
- Luke 22:19And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.
- 1 Corinthians 11:23For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you, That the Lord Jesus the same night in which he was betrayed took bread:
- Exodus 5:1And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith Yhwh God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.
- Deuteronomy 16:11And thou shalt rejoice before Yhwh thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which Yhwh thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
- Nehemiah 8:9And Nehemiah, which is the governor, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that taught the people, said unto all the people, This day is holy unto Yhwh your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
- Exodus 12:17And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
- Exodus 13:10Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.
- Leviticus 23:4These are the feasts of Yhwh, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
- Numbers 10:8And the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an ordinance for ever throughout your generations.
Commentaries on Exodus 12:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14A memorial - To keep up a remembrance of the severity and goodness, or justice and mercy, of God. Ye shall keep it a feast - it shall be annually observed, and shall be celebrated with solemn religious joy, throughout your generations - as long as ye continue to be a distinct people; an ordinance - a Divine appointment, an institution of God himself, neither to be altered nor set aside by any human authority. For ever - עולם חקת chukkath olam, an…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14A memorial - A commemorative and sacramental ordinance of perpetual obligation. As such, it has ever been observed by the Hebrews. By the Christian it is spiritually observed; its full significance is recognized, and all that it foreshadowed is realized, in the sacrament of holy communion.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14The Jewish people still celebrate Passover because it was a permanent statute for all generations.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. for a memorial, &c.--The close analogy traceable in all points between the Jewish and Christian passovers is seen also in the circumstance that both festivals were instituted before the events they were to commemorate had transpired.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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