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Exodus 12:2

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:

4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.

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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.>

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  • Exodus 13:4

    This day came ye out in the month Abib.

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  • Deuteronomy 16:1

    Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

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  • Exodus 34:18

    The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.

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  • Exodus 23:15

    Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)

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  • Leviticus 23:5

    In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’s passover.

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  • Numbers 28:16

    And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.

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  • Esther 3:7

    In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.

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