Exodus 12:2

first month

That is, April.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

This month - Abib Exodus 13:4 . It was called “Nisan” by the later Hebrews, and nearly corresponds to our April. The Israelites are directed to...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

This (a) month [shall be] unto you the beginning of months: it [shall be] the first (b) month of the year to you. (a) Called Nisan, containing part...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 12:1-13 P. Rules for the Passover (first set). On the history of the Passover, see pp. 102f. Most ceremonial rules are dated from Sinai or...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 11:1 to Exodus 12:36 . 10 ° . Death of Egyptian Firstborn; Passover and Mazzoth ( Exodus 11:1-3 E, Exodus 11:4-8 J, Exodus 11:9 f. R...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

month . Hebrew name Abib, or "green-ear-month". Becomes the first month, and the fifteenth the ruling date, henceforth. Compare Exodus 13:4 ; Ex...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. This month shall be unto you the beginning...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

This month shall be unto you the beginning of months— The Jews, like most other nations, began their year, before this event, about the autumnal eq...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. This month shall be unto you the beginn...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Institution of the Passover. The Tenth Plague, and the Departure of Israel 1. In the land of Egypt] These words suggest that what follows was...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The beginning of months ] The exodus is regarded as an 'epoch-making' event (cp. Judges 19:30 ; 1 Kings 6:1 ), and to mark its importance the mont...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The beginning of months. — Hitherto the Hebrews had commenced the year with Tisri, at or near the autumnal equinox. (See Exodus 23:16 .) In thus d...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XII. THE PASSOVER. Exodus 12:1-28 . We have now reached the birthday of the great Hebrew nation, and with it the first national inst...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Passover Lamb and its Sprinkled Blood Exodus 12:1-14 Henceforth, for Israel, there was to be a new beginning of the year. We should date ou...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

While the subjects necessarily intermingle at this point, we turn from the contemplation of the judgments of Jehovah in dealing with Pharaoh to that...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

New mercies call for new memorandums, Deuteronomy 16:1 , Abib, that is the spring of the year. From this time the Israelites began their year. It sh...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

A NEW START ‘This month shall be … the first month of the year to you.’ Exodus 12:2 Egypt behind—Sinai before—Canaan beyond—this is the exac...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

This month shall be unto you the beginning of months ,.... Not only the first, as after expressed, but the chief and principal of them, now famous f...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

This month [shall be] unto you the beginning of months: it [shall be] the first month of the year to you. Ver. 2. This month. ] Called Abib in Ex...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord spake unto Moses Or had spoken before what is related in the foregoing chapter, if not also before the three days' darkness: but the menti...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE PASSOVER FEAST (vs.1-28) The time finally arrives for the Lord to accomplish a work of amazing power in Egypt in the deliverance of a nation...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Appointment of the Passover; the Feast of Unleavened Bread. B. C. 1491....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This month was the first month after the vernal equinox, called Abib , Exodus 13:4 , Exodus 23:15 Deuteronomy 16:1 , and Nissan , Nehemia...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Exodus 12 Instructions To Israel Concerning The Passover. This chapter is partly historical, and partly explanatory. It splits into a number of...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 12:1-2 THE FIRST MONTH OF THE YEAR The nations of the globe have regarded various periods as the comm...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Exodus 12:2 We have here a new event, a new starting-point a new epoch, and therefore a new era. That event was an emancipation, a redemption, an...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Exodus 12:1-2 . And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shal...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Exodus 12:2 . The first month of the year. This is called Abib, Exodus 13:4 ; and Nisan, Esther 3:7 . It was before the seventh month, hence the...
The Biblical Illustrator

The beginning of months. A new start I. The idea of a new start is naturally attractive to all of us. We are fatigued, we are dissatisfied, and...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

FIRST INSTITUTION OF THE PASSOVER . EXPOSITION THE INSTITUTION OF THE PASSOVER AND THE REASONS FOR IT .—In the inte...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Ordinances Concerning the Passover
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

This month shall be unto you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you. This was the first and fundamental law for the...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

A.M. 2513. B.C. 1491. An Exodus Isr 1. Abib or Nisan Exodus 13:4 Exodus 23:15 Exodus 34:18 Leviticus 23:5 Numbers 28:16 Deuteronomy 16:1...
Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Blood of the Cross in Exodus Exodus 12:1-13 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Today we will consider the Cross as it is set forth in the Book of Exodus....
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

This shall be to you the beginning of months — They had hitherto begun their year from the middle of September, but hence — forward they were to be...

² This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

Related Commentaries of Exodus 12:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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