Exodus 12:22 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 12:22

20 You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.’ ”

21 Then ^aMoses called for all the ^belders of Israel and said to them, ^c“Pick out and take lambs for yourselves according to your families, and kill the Passover lamb.

22 ^aAnd you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and ^bstrike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning.

23 ^aFor the Lord will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when He sees the ^bblood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, the Lord will pass over the door and ^cnot allow ^dthe destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.

24 And you shall ^aobserve this thing as an ordinance for you and your sons forever.

25 It will come to pass when you come to the land which the Lord will give you, j^aust as He promised, that you shall keep this service.

26 ^aAnd it shall be, when your children say to you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’

27 that you shall say, ^a‘It is the Passover sacrifice of the Lord, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our households.’ ” So the people ^bbowed their heads and worshiped.

28 Then the children of Israel went away and ^adid so; just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

The Tenth Plague: Death of the Firstborn

29 ^aAnd it came to pass at midnight that ^bthe Lord struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was¹ in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of ^clivestock.

Verse Comparison: Exodus 12:22

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American Standard Version
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.

Amplified® Bible
And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood in the basin, and touch the lintel above the door and the two side posts with the blood; and none of you shall go out of his house until morning.

Contemporary English Version
Make a brush from a few small branches of a hyssop plant and dip the brush in the bowl that has the blood of the animal in it. Then brush some of the blood above the door and on the posts at each side of the door of your house. After this, everyone is to stay inside.

Darby English Version
And take a bunch of hyssop, and dip [it] in the blood that is in the bason, and smear the lintel and the two door-posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.

Good News Bible
Take a sprig of hyssop, dip it in the bowl containing the animal's blood, and wipe the blood on the doorposts and the beam above the door of your house. Not one of you is to leave the house until morning.

King James Version
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.

New American Standard Bible
"You shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the door of his house until morning.

New International Version
Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin and put some of the blood on the top and on both sides of the doorframe. Not one of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.

New King James Version
And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. And none of you shall go out of the door of his house until morning.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"You shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which lies in the basin, and apply some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the door of his house until morning.

Revised Standard Version
Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood which is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.

Young's Literal Translation
and ye have taken a bunch of hyssop, and have dipped `it' in the blood which `is' in the basin, and have struck `it' on the lintel, and on the two side-posts, from the blood which `is' in the basin, and ye, ye go not out each from the opening of his house till morning.

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