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Exodus 12

Ex. 12:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then Moses
Mosheh (Hebrew #4872)
drawing out (of the water), i.e. rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver
KJV usage: Moses.
Pronounce: mo-sheh'
Origin: from 4871
called
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
for all the elders
zaqen (Hebrew #2205)
old
KJV usage: aged, ancient (man), elder(-est), old (man, men and...women), senator.
Pronounce: zaw-kane'
Origin: from 2204
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
, and said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
unto them, Draw out
mashak (Hebrew #4900)
to draw, used in a great variety of applications (including to sow, to sound, to prolong, to develop, to march, to remove, to delay, to be tall, etc.)
KJV usage: draw (along, out), continue, defer, extend, forbear, X give, handle, make (pro-, sound)long, X sow, scatter, stretch out.
Pronounce: maw-shak'
Origin: a primitive root
and take
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
you a λlamb
tso'n (Hebrew #6629)
from an unused root meaning to migrate; a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
KJV usage: (small) cattle, flock (+ -s), lamb (+ -s), sheep((-cote, -fold, -shearer, -herds)).
Pronounce: tsone
Origin: or tsaown (Psalm 144:13) {tseh-one'}
accordingz to your families
mishpachah (Hebrew #4940)
a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extens. a tribe or people
KJV usage: family, kind(-red).
Pronounce: mish-paw-khaw'
Origin: from 8192 (compare 8198)
, and kill
shachat (Hebrew #7819)
to slaughter (in sacrifice or massacre)
KJV usage: kill, offer, shoot out, slay, slaughter.
Pronounce: shaw-khat'
Origin: a primitive root
the passover
pecach (Hebrew #6453)
a pretermission, i.e. exemption; used only techically of the Jewish Passover (the festival or the victim)
KJV usage: passover (offering).
Pronounce: peh'-sakh
Origin: from 6452
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or, kid.
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Lev. 14:6‑7• 6As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water:
 7And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field. (Lev. 14:6‑7)
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Psa. 51:7• 7Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. (Psa. 51:7)
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Heb. 9:19• 19For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people, (Heb. 9:19)
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Heb. 11:28• 28Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them. (Heb. 11:28)

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Elders,
Israel,
Lamb,
Moses,
The Passover

Cross References

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elders.
Ex. 3:16• 16Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and seen that which is done to you in Egypt: (Ex. 3:16)
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Ex. 17:5• 5And the Lord said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go. (Ex. 17:5)
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Ex. 19:7• 7And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the Lord commanded him. (Ex. 19:7)
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Num. 11:16• 16And the Lord said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee. (Num. 11:16)
and take.
Ex. 12:3• 3Speak 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: (Ex. 12:3)
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Num. 9:2‑5• 2Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
 3In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.
 4And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover.
 5And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. (Num. 9:2‑5)
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Josh. 5:10• 10And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho. (Josh. 5:10)
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2 Kings 23:21• 21And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the Lord your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant. (2 Kings 23:21)
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2 Chron. 30:15‑17• 15Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the Lord.
 16And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, which they received of the hand of the Levites.
 17For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the Lord. (2 Chron. 30:15‑17)
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2 Chron. 35:5‑6• 5And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites.
 6So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the Lord by the hand of Moses. (2 Chron. 35:5‑6)
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Ezra 6:20• 20For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them were pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves. (Ezra 6:20)
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Matt. 26:17‑19• 17Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?
 18And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.
 19And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. (Matt. 26:17‑19)
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Mark 14:12‑16• 12And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
 13And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.
 14And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
 15And he will show you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us.
 16And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. (Mark 14:12‑16)
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Luke 22:7‑13• 7Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.
 8And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.
 9And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare?
 10And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.
 11And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
 12And he shall show you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.
 13And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. (Luke 22:7‑13)
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1 Cor. 10:4• 4And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ. (1 Cor. 10:4)
lamb.
or, kid.
Ex. 12:3• 3Speak 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: (Ex. 12:3)
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Ex. 12•  (Ex. 12)
:*marg:
the passover.That is, the lamb which was called the {paschal,} or passover lamb; the animal sacrificed obtaining the name of the institution.
St. Paul copies the expression in 1 Co 5:7.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Moses called all the elders of Israel, and said to them, Seizea and take yourselves lambsb for your families, and kill the passover.

JND Translation Notes

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a
Or "Draw out."
b
Lit. "small cattle." see ver. 5 and Note b, ver. 3.