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

4and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbour next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man’s eating ye shall make your count for the lamb. 5Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats: 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 at even. 7And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it. 8And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

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

• keepמִשְׁמֶ֫רֶתmishmereth · chargeH4931
• upעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• sameזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
• wholeכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• assemblyקָהָלqâhâl · assemblyH6951
• congregationעֵדָה‛êdâh · congregationH5712
• Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
• killשָׁחַטshâchaţ · to slaughterH7819

Cross-references for Exodus 12:6

• Leviticus 23:5In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, is the LORD’S passover.
• Numbers 9:3In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in its appointed season: according to all the statutes of it, and according to all the ordinances thereof, shall ye keep it.
• Numbers 28:16And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the LORD’S passover.
• Deuteronomy 16:1Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
• 2 Chronicles 30:15Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.
• Ezekiel 45:21In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.
• Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
• Matthew 27:20Now the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes that they should ask for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
• Mark 15:1And straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.
• Luke 23:1And the whole company of them rose up, and brought him before Pilate.
• Acts 2:23him, being delivered up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by the hand of lawless men did crucify and slay:
• Acts 3:14But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted unto you,
• Acts 4:27for of a truth in this city against thy holy Servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the peoples of Israel, were gathered together,
• Exodus 16:12I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.
• Matthew 27:46And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou 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