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Exodus 12

Ex. 12:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And this day
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
shall be unto you for a memorial
zikrown (Hebrew #2146)
a memento (or memorable thing, day or writing)
KJV usage: memorial, record.
Pronounce: zik-rone'
Origin: from 2142
; and ye shall keep
chagag (Hebrew #2287)
properly, to move in a circle, i.e. (specifically) to march in a sacred procession, to observe a festival; by implication, to be giddy
KJV usage: celebrate, dance, (keep, hold) a (solemn) feast (holiday), reel to and fro.
Pronounce: khaw-gag'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2283, 2328)
it a feast
chag (Hebrew #2282)
from 2287; a festival, or a victim therefor
KJV usage: (solemn) feast (day), sacrifice, solemnity.
Pronounce: khag
Origin: or chag {khawg}
n to the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
throughout your generations
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
; ye shall keep it a feast
chagag (Hebrew #2287)
properly, to move in a circle, i.e. (specifically) to march in a sacred procession, to observe a festival; by implication, to be giddy
KJV usage: celebrate, dance, (keep, hold) a (solemn) feast (holiday), reel to and fro.
Pronounce: khaw-gag'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2283, 2328)
by an ordinance
chuqqah (Hebrew #2708)
feminine of 2706, and meaning substantially the same
KJV usage: appointed, custom, manner, ordinance, site, statute.
Pronounce: khook-kaw'
for ever
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
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Lev. 23:4‑5• 4These are the feasts of Jehovah, holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons:
 5In the fourteenth day of the first month, at even, is Jehovah's Passover. (Lev. 23:4‑5)
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2 Kings 23:21• 21And the king commanded all the people saying, Hold the Passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant. (2 Kings 23:21)
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1 Cor. 5:8• 8Wherefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of malice and wickedness, but with unleavened [bread] of sincerity and truth. (1 Cor. 5:8)

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Cross References

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memorial.
Ex. 13:9• 9And it shall be for a sign to thee on thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of Jehovah may be in thy mouth; for with a powerful hand hath Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt. (Ex. 13:9)
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Num. 16:40• 40to be a memorial unto the children of Israel, that no stranger, which is not of the seed of Aaron, come near to offer incense before Jehovah; that he be not as Korah, and as his company: as Jehovah said to him by the hand of Moses. (Num. 16:40)
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Josh. 4:7• 7then ye shall say to them, That the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of Jehovah; when it went through the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. And these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel forever. (Josh. 4:7)
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Psa. 111:4• 4A memorial he made for his wonders:{HR}Gracious and merciful [is] Jehovah. (Psa. 111:4)
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Psa. 135:13• 13Jehovah, thy name [is] forever;{HR}Jehovah, thy memorial [is] to generation and generation. (Psa. 135:13)
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Zech. 6:14• 14And the crowns shall be for Helem, and for Tobijah, and for Jedaiah, and for Hen the son of Zephaniah, for a memorial in the temple of Jehovah. (Zech. 6:14)
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Matt. 26:13• 13Verily I say to you, Wheresoever these glad tidings may be preached in the whole world, that also which this [woman] has done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. (Matt. 26:13)
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Luke 22:19• 19And having taken a loaf with thanksgiving he broke and gave [it] to them, saying, This is my body which is given for you; this do in remembrance of me. (Luke 22:19)
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1 Cor. 11:23‑26• 23For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus, in the night in which he was being delivered up, took bread;
 24and, having given thanks, he brake [it], and said, This is my body, which [is] for you: this do in remembrance of me.
 25In like manner also the cup, after having supped, saying, This cup is the new covenant in my blood: this do, as often as ye drink [it], in remembrance of me.
 26For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink the cup, ye announce the death of the Lord till he come. (1 Cor. 11:23‑26)
a feast.
Ex. 5:1• 1And afterwards Moses and Aaron went in, and said to Pharaoh, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Let my people go that they may celebrate a feast to me in the wilderness. (Ex. 5:1)
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Deut. 16:11• 11and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is in thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you in the place that Jehovah thy God will choose to cause his name to dwell there. (Deut. 16:11)
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Neh. 8:9‑12• 9And Nehemiah, that is, the Tirshatha, and Ezra the priest the scribe, and the Levites that explained to the people, said to all the people, This day is holy unto Jehovah your God; mourn not, nor weep. For all the people wept, when they heard the words of the law.
 10And he said to them, Go your way, eat the fat, and drink the sweet, and send portions to them for whom nothing is prepared; for the day is holy to our Lord; and be not grieved, for the joy of Jehovah is your strength.
 11So the Levites stilled all the people, saying, Hold your peace, for the day is holy; neither be ye grieved.
 12And all the people went their way to eat, and to drink, and to send portions, and to make great mirth, because they had understood the words that were declared unto them. (Neh. 8:9‑12)
by an ordinance.
Ex. 12:17,24,43• 17And ye shall keep the feast of unleavened bread; for in this same day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt; and ye shall keep this day in your generations as an ordinance forever.
 24And ye shall observe this as an ordinance for thee and for thy sons forever.
 43And Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the Passover: No stranger shall eat of it; (Ex. 12:17,24,43)
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Ex. 13:10• 10And thou shalt keep this ordinance at its set time from year to year. (Ex. 13:10)
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Lev. 23:4‑5• 4These are the feasts of Jehovah, holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons:
 5In the fourteenth day of the first month, at even, is Jehovah's Passover. (Lev. 23:4‑5)
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Num. 10:8• 8the sons of Aaron, the priests, shall blow with the trumpets; and they shall be to you for an everlasting statute throughout your generations. (Num. 10:8)
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Num. 18:8• 8And Jehovah spoke to Aaron, And I, behold, I have given thee the charge of my heave-offerings, of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; to thee have I given them, because of the anointing, and to thy sons by an everlasting statute. (Num. 18:8)
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Deut. 16:1• 1Keep the month of Abib, and celebrate the Passover to Jehovah thy God; for in the month of Abib, Jehovah thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. (Deut. 16:1)
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1 Sam. 30:25• 25And it was so from that day forward; and he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day. (1 Sam. 30:25)
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2 Kings 23:21• 21And the king commanded all the people saying, Hold the Passover to Jehovah your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant. (2 Kings 23:21)
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Ezek. 46:14• 14And thou shalt prepare a meat-offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat-offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto Jehovah. (Ezek. 46:14)
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1 Cor. 5:7‑8• 7Purge out the old leaven that ye may be a new lump, according as ye are unleavened. For also our Passover, Christ, was sacrificed.
 8Wherefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with leaven of malice and wickedness, but with unleavened [bread] of sincerity and truth. (1 Cor. 5:7‑8)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall celebrate it as a feast to Jehovah; throughout your generations as an ordinance for ever shall ye celebrate it.

W. Kelly Translation

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And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall celebrate it as a feast to Jehovah; throughout your generations as an ordinance forever shall ye celebrate it.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)