Exodus Chapter 12 verse 21 Holy Bible

ASV Exodus 12:21

Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out, and take you lambs according to your families, and kill the passover.
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BBE Exodus 12:21

Then Moses sent for the chiefs of Israel, and said to them, See that lambs are marked out for yourselves and your families, and let the Passover lamb be put to death.
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DARBY Exodus 12:21

And Moses called all the elders of Israel, and said to them, Seize and take yourselves lambs for your families, and kill the passover.
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KJV Exodus 12:21

Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.
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WBT Exodus 12:21

Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, Draw out, and take you a lamb, according to your families, and kill the passover.
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WEB Exodus 12:21

Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, "Draw out, and take lambs according to your families, and kill the Passover.
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YLT Exodus 12:21

And Moses calleth for all the elders of Israel, and saith unto them, `Draw out and take for yourselves `from' the flock, for your families, and slaughter the passover-sacrifice;
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 21-28. - THE FIRST PASSOVER. Having received the Divine directions as to the new rite, if not with all the fulness ultimately given them, yet with sufficient fulness for the immediate purpose, Moses proceeded to communicate the Divine Will to the people under his protection. Having already aroused the jealousy and hatred of Pharaoh, he could not summon a general assembly of the people, but he ventured to call a meeting of the elders, or heads of principal families, and through them communicated the orders which he had received to the entire nation. We find, in the directions which he gave, two small points which are not comprised in the record of God's words to him. 1. The designation of the "hyssop," as the instrument, by which the blood was to be placed on the side-posts and lintel (ver. 22); and, 2. The injunction not to quit the house "until the morning." These points may have been contained in the original directions, though omitted from the record for brevity; or they may have been added by Moses of his own authority. On the other hand, several very main points of the original directions are not repeated in the injunctions given to the elders, though there can be no doubt that they were communicated. Verse 21. - Draw out - i.e., "Withdraw from the flock." (See ver. 3.) A lamb. The word used is generic, and would not exclude the offering of a goat.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersTHE FIRST PASSOVER KEPT.(21) Moses called for all the elders.--He had been directed to "speak unto all the congregation" (Exodus 12:3), but understood the direction as allowing him to do so mediately, through the elders.Draw out.--Some understand this intransitively--"Withdraw, and take," i.e., go, and take; others transitively--"Withdraw a lamb from the flock."According to your families--i.e., with reference to the number of your families, but not necessarily one for each. (See Exodus 12:4.)