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Exodus 12

Ex. 12:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thisx month
chodesh (Hebrew #2320)
the new moon; by implication, a month
KJV usage: month(-ly), new moon.
Pronounce: kho'-desh
Origin: from 2318
shall be unto you the beginning
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
of months
chodesh (Hebrew #2320)
the new moon; by implication, a month
KJV usage: month(-ly), new moon.
Pronounce: kho'-desh
Origin: from 2318
: it shall be the first
ri'shown (Hebrew #7223)
from 7221; first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun)
KJV usage: ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.
Pronounce: ree-shone'
Origin: or riishon {ree-shone'}
month
chodesh (Hebrew #2320)
the new moon; by implication, a month
KJV usage: month(-ly), new moon.
Pronounce: kho'-desh
Origin: from 2318
of the year
shaneh (Hebrew #8141)
from 8138; a year (as a revolution of time)
KJV usage: + whole age, X long, + old, year(X -ly).
Pronounce: shaw-neh'
Origin: (in plura or (feminine) shanah {shaw-naw'}
to you.
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Ex. 13:4• 4This day came ye out in the month Abib. (Ex. 13:4)
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Ex. 34:18• 18The 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. (Ex. 34:18)
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Deut. 16:1• 1Observe 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. (Deut. 16:1)

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Months,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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A.M. 2513.
B.C. 1491.
An. Exod. Isr. 1.
Abib or Nisan.
Ex. 13:4• 4This day came ye out in the month Abib. (Ex. 13:4)
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Ex. 23:15• 15Thou 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:) (Ex. 23:15)
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Ex. 34:18• 18The 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. (Ex. 34:18)
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Lev. 23:5• 5In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord's passover. (Lev. 23:5)
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Num. 28:16• 16And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the Lord. (Num. 28:16)
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Deut. 16:1• 1Observe 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. (Deut. 16:1)
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Esther 3:7• 7In 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. (Esther 3:7)
• They have been hitherto the servants of Pharaoh, slaves of Satan; they have not yet commenced to serve the Lord, and hence the month of their redemption was to be the first month of the year to them. From this point their true life’s history began. (“The Passover Lamb: Exodus 12” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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This month shall be unto you the beginningb of months: it shall be the first month of the yearc to you.

JND Translation Notes

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b
Lit. "head."
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* The beginning of the year which began with the first new moon after the Spring Equinox.

W. Kelly Translation

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

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.)