month. Hebrew name Abib, or "green-ear-month". Becomes the first month, and the fifteenth the ruling date, henceforth. Compare Exodus 13:4; Exodus 23:15.Deuteronomy 16:1. Afterward called Nisan (Nehemiah 2.Esther 3:7; Esther 3:7). "First", Compare Exodus 40:2; Exodus 40:17; Leviticus 23:5, in place of Tisri, which thus be-came the seventh month.
Related Commentaries of Exodus 12:2
Exodus 12:2
2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.