exodus-12:12-14,-hebrews-12:24-niv

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:1-20

1. It Was then only that the history of the nation as the people of God began. Before they had been told of God's favour towards them; they now knew it. "Now we believe, not because of thy saying, for we have heard him ourselves" ( John 4:42 ). 2 . God's final deliverance begins a new era for his people. "Behold! make all things new." 3 . This has its correlative type in Christian experience now. The true life of the servant of God dates from the hour of his deliverance from... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:1-28

The institution of the Passover. Moses has now done with requesting and threatening Pharaoh. He leaves Pharaoh to the terrible smiting hand of Jehovah, and turns, when it is quite time to turn, to his own people. He who would not listen had to be left for those who would listen. It is now manifest that Moses is to be profitably occupied with matters which cannot any longer be delayed. It was needful to give warning concerning the death of the first-born to the Israelites quite as much as... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:1-28

The Passover. "It is the Lord's Passover" ( Exodus 12:11 ). After Pharaoh's refusal to see Moses again, Jehovah comes more manifestly into the history, in the last judgment and deliverance of his people. Three great events crowd now into a single night, the Passover, the slaying of the first-born, the march out. Consider now the Passover. I. ITS NECESSITY . 1 . Israel must be separated from Egypt. This idea of separation runs through all Hebrew history from the time of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:1-29

The Passover. God's last and overwhelming blow was about to be struck at Egypt. In anticipation of that blow, and in immediate connection with the exodus, God gave directions for the observance of a Passover. I. THE PASSOVER IN ITS CONNECTION WITH THE HISTORY . For details of the ritual, see the verses of the chapter. 1 . The design of the Passover was to make plain to Israel the ground on which its salvation was bestowed—the ground, viz; of Atonement. "The more... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:3-20

The Passover Proper. The Passover may be viewed:— I. AS A COMMEMORATIVE RITE . Instituted with reference to the tenth plague, and as a means by which the first-born of the Israelites might be saved from destruction, but accompanied by ceremonies which were connected with the prospective departure of the whole nation out of Egypt, the Passover feast, as established " by an ordinance for ever," commemorated two distinct and different things. II. AS A FEAST OF ... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:7-13

Christ his people's salvation and strength. I. THE MEANS OF SAFETY , Exodus 12:7-13 ). 1 . They took the blood and struck it on the door posts and the lintel. We must appropriate Christ's atonement. We must say by faith, "he died for me." 2 . They passed within the blood-stained portals. Christ's blood must stand between us and condemnation, between us and sin. Our safety lies in setting that between oar soul and them. The realising of Christ's death for our sins is,... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:12

For I will pass through , etc. God now proceeds to give the reason for the institution of the new ceremony, and to explain the new term pesach. " I have commanded this rite," He says, "because I am about to go through the whole land of Egypt as a destroyer, executing judgment; I am about to smite and kill every one of the firstborn both of man and beast. I shall enter into every house, and slay the first-born in it, unless I see upon the house the token of the blood of the lamb.... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:13

The blood shall be to you for a token , etc. The blood was not to be a token to the Israelites, but to God for them. Translate—"and the blood shall be as a token for you upon the houses that you are there." It shall distinguish the houses in which you dwell from the others. I will pass over you . This is the emphatic clause. God would pass by, or over the house on which the blood was, spare it, slay none of its inmates; and from this action of His, the lamb itself, and the feast... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:14

This day shall be to you for a memorial . Annual festivals, in commemoration of events believed to have happened, were common in the religion of Egypt, and probably not wholly strange to the religious ideas of the Hebrews. (See the "Introduction" to this chapter.) They were now required to make the 14th of Abib such a day, and to observe it continually year after year "throughout their generations." There is commendable faithfulness in the obedience still rendered to the command at the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:14

The Passover continued in the Eucharist. It was expressly declared that the Passover was instituted to be observed as a feast "by an ordinance for ever." Jews are justified in remaining Jews, if they cannot otherwise continue to celebrate it. But they can. The Passover is continued in the Eucharist. Hence St. Paul's words at Easter time—" Christ, our Passover, is crucified for us; therefore let us keep the feast " (1. Corinthians Exodus 5:7 , Exodus 5:8 ). I. THE EUCHARIST... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:1-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:1-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:1-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:1-29

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:3-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:7-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 12:14

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