Exodus 12:42
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It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.Because the LORD kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to come.
In other translations
It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.Because the LORD kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to come.
Hebrew words
לֵילleil[was] a night ofH3915שִׁמֻּרִיםshimurimvigil<s>H8107הוּאhu'itH1931לַיהוָהlayahwehfor YahwehH3068לְהוֹצִיאָםlehotzi'amto bring out themH3318מֵאֶרֶץme'eretzfrom [the] land ofH776מִצְרָיִםmitzrayimEgyptH4714הוּא־hu'-itH1931הַלַּיְלָהhalaylahthe nightH3915הַזֶּהhazeh<the> thisH2088לַיהוָהlayahwehfor YahwehH3068שִׁמֻּרִיםshimurimvigil<s>H8107לְכָל־lekholfor allH3605בְּנֵיbenei[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵלyisra'elIsraelH3478לְדֹרֹתָם׃ פledorotamto generations theirH1755
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Related verses
- Exodus 12:14And 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.And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.
- Deuteronomy 16:1-61 Observe 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 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there. 3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. 4 And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.1 Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. 2 You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name. 3 You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt. 4 No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning.
- Exodus 13:10Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.Therefore you shall keep this statute at the appointed time year after year.
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People and places
People: Jacob
Places: Egypt