Exodus 12:41
39 Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themselves.
40 Now the duration of the Israelites’ stay in Egypt was 430 years.
At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.
42 Because the LORD kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to come.
43 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.
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- BSB
- At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.
- KJV
- And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
- WEB
- At the end of four hundred thirty years, to the day, all of the LORD’s armies went out from the land of Egypt.
- ASV
- And it came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of Jehovah went out from the land of Egypt.
- DARBY
- And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, on that same day it came to pass that all the hosts of Jehovah went out from the land of Egypt.
- BLB
- And it came to pass at the end of thirty years and four hundred years—and it came to pass on this same day—that all the armies of YHWH went out from the land of Egypt.
- ÅB
- På den dag de fire hundre og tretti år var til ende, da var det alle Herrens hærer dro ut av Egypt.
- OTB
- Og ved slutten av 430 år, på denne samme dagen, dro alle Herrens hærer ut av landet Egypt.
- B1930
- På den dag de fire hundre og tretti år var til ende, da var det alle Herrens hærer drog ut av Egyptens land.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.
Read in contextJohn 7:8
Go up to the feast on your own. I am not going up to this feast, because My time has not yet come.”
Read in contextExodus 7:4
Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land of Egypt.
Read in contextActs 1:7
Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.
Read in contextJoshua 5:14
“Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?”
Read in contextDaniel 9:24
Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place.
Read in contextExodus 3:10
Therefore, go! I am sending you to Pharaoh to bring My people the Israelites out of Egypt.”
Read in contextExodus 12:51
And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.
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