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Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 12:1-51

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 earth is supposed to have been created in September; but now in commemoration of their deliverance from Egypt, the ecclesiastical table which regulated the festivals, was ordered to begin with Abib. Many nations have reckoned their existence from some important era in their history: and in this view it was highly proper for the christian church to... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Exodus 12:1-2

Exodus 12:1-2The beginning of months.A new startI. The idea of a new start is naturally attractive to all of us. We are fatigued, we are dissatisfied, and justly so, with the time past of our lives. We long for a gift of amnesty and oblivion.II. There are senses in which this is impossible. The continuity of life cannot be broken. There is a continuity, a unity, an identity, which annihilation only could destroy.III. “The beginning of months” is made so by an exodus. Redemption is the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Exodus 12:2

Exo 12:2 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 Exodus 13:4 ; with us called March or April; when the day lengthening, and the sun ascending, each thing begins to revive. To show, saith one, that by the true Passover, Christ Jesus, not only is our time and all other things sanctified, but also that we should in recent remembrance of that benefit of our redemption, all our days and years be... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Exodus 12:2

am 2513, bc 1491, An, Exod, Isr, 1, Abib or Nisan, Exodus 13:4, Exodus 23:15, Exodus 34:18, Leviticus 23:5, Numbers 28:16, Deuteronomy 16:1, Esther 3:7 Reciprocal: Exodus 11:2 - borrow Exodus 19:1 - the third Exodus 40:2 - the first month Numbers 9:11 - fourteenth Numbers 33:3 - in the first Joshua 4:19 - first month 2 Chronicles 29:17 - the sixteenth Ezekiel 45:18 - In the first month read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Exodus 12:2

This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.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 begin it from the middle of March, at least in all their ecclesiastical computations. We may suppose that while Moses was bringing the ten plagues upon the Egyptians, he was directing the Israelites to prepare for their departure at an hour's warning.... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:1-30

THE TEN PLAGUES, Exodus 7:8 to Exodus 12:30. Moses and Aaron now stand before Pharaoh as ministers of judgment, and the conflict opens between Jehovah and the gods of Egypt. The first contest between the messengers of Jehovah and the magicians, or enchanters, who are regarded as the servants of the false gods, given in Exodus 7:8-13, is properly the opening scene of the struggle, and is therefore here included in the section with it. Several general observations on the whole subject are most... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 12:2

2. This month (Abib or Nisan) shall be unto you the beginning ( head) of months… first month of the year Hitherto the year had commenced with the month Tisri, (or September,) but henceforth the year was to be reckoned from Abib, the month of Israel’s birth . Abib signifies “an ear of grain;” it was the month when barley ripened, corresponding with our close of March and beginning of April . The Hebrew months were lunar, and Abib was the month commencing with the new moon just... read more

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