Exodus 12:1-3
1599 Geneva Bible
12 1 The Lord instituteth the passover. 26 The fathers must teach their children the mystery thereof. 29 The firstborn are slain. 31 The Israelites are driven out of the land. 35 The Egyptians are spoiled. 37 The number that departeth out of Egypt.
1 Then the Lord spake to Moses and to Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2 This [a]month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be to you the first [b]month of the year.
3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth of this month let every man take unto him a lamb, according to the house of the [c]fathers, a lamb for an house.
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- Exodus 12:2 Called Nisan, containing part of March, and part of April.
- Exodus 12:2 As touching the observation of feasts: as for other policies, they reckoned from September.
- Exodus 12:3 As the fathers of the household had great or small families.
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