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Exodus 12:2

1 Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

“This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.

3 Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household.

4 If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.
KJV
This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
WEB
“This month shall be to you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year to you.
ASV
This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
DARBY
This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
BLB
“This month [shall be] for you⁺ the beginning of months; it [shall be] for you⁺ the first of the months of the year.
ÅB
Denne måned[^1] skal være deres nytt årsmåned, den skal være den første av årets måneder hos dere.
OTB
«Denne måneden skal være begynnelsen på månedene for dere; den skal være den første måneden i året for dere.
B1930
Denne måned skal være eders nytt årsmåned, den skal være den første av årets måneder hos eder. / < måneden abib eller nisan, 2MO 13, 4. NEH 2, 11. omtrent vår april.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Exodus 13:4

    Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving.

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  • Deuteronomy 16:1

    Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

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  • Exodus 34:18

    You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.

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  • Exodus 23:15

    You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.

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  • Leviticus 23:5

    The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.

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  • Numbers 28:16

    The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.

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  • Esther 3:7

    In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.

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