Deuteronomy 16:1

Observe. Compare Exodus 13:3; Exodus 13:4.Leviticus 23:5; Leviticus 23:6; Numbers 28:16.

Abib is Egyptian and means "green ears". Compare Exodus 9:31.Leviticus 2:14. Not found again after this passage. "Nisan" substituted for it.

the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.

God. Hebrew. Elohim. App-4.

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Scofield Reference Notes

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¹ 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.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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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

Scofield Reference Notes

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Deuteronomy 16:1