Exodus Chapter 12 verse 1 Holy Bible
And Jehovah spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
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And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
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And Jehovah spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
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And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying,
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And the LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
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Yahweh spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
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And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses and unto Aaron, in the land of Egypt, saying,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - The Lord spake. - According to the Biblical record, neither Moses nor Aaron introduced any legislation of their own, either at this time or later. The whole system, religious, political, and ecclesiastical, was received by Divine Revelation, commanded by God, and merely established by the agency of the two brothers. In the land of Egypt. The introduction of these words seems to show that we have here a separate document on the subject of the Passover, written independently of what has preceded, some time after the exodus, and placed here without alteration, when Moses gathered together his various writings into a single work.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersXII.INSTITUTION OF THE PASSOVER.(1) In the land of Egypt.--This section (Exodus 12:1-28) has the appearance of having been written independently of the previous narrative--earlier, probably, and as a part of the Law rather than of the history. It throws together instructions on the subject of the Passover which must have been given at different times (comp. Exodus 12:3; Exodus 12:12; Exodus 12:17), some before the tenth of Abib. some on the day preceding the departure from Egypt, some on the day following. As far as Exodus 12:20 it is wholly legal, and would suit Leviticus as well as Exodus. From Exodus 12:20 it has a more historical character, since it relates the action taken by Moses. . . .