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Exodus 12

Ex. 12:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And ye shall keep
mishmereth (Hebrew #4931)
watch, i.e. the act (custody), or (concr.) the sentry, the post; obj. preservation, or (concr.) safe; fig. observance, i.e. (abstr.) duty or (obj.) a usage or party
KJV usage: charge, keep, or to be kept, office, ordinace, safeguard, ward, watch.
Pronounce: mish-mer'-reth
Origin: fem. of 4929
it up until theb fourteenth
`asar (Hebrew #6240)
ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth
KJV usage: (eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-)teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).
Pronounce: aw-sawr'
Origin: for 6235
'arba` (Hebrew #702)
from 7251; four
KJV usage: four.
Pronounce: ar-bah'
Origin: masculine oarbaah {ar-baw-aw'}
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
of the same month
chodesh (Hebrew #2320)
the new moon; by implication, a month
KJV usage: month(-ly), new moon.
Pronounce: kho'-desh
Origin: from 2318
: and the whole
kol (Hebrew #3605)
from 3634; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
KJV usage: (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).
Pronounce: kole
Origin: or (Jer. 33:8) kowl {kole}
assembly
qahal (Hebrew #6951)
assemblage (usually concretely)
KJV usage: assembly, company, congregation, multitude.
Pronounce: kaw-hawl'
Origin: from 6950
of the congregation
`edah (Hebrew #5712)
a stated assemblage (specifically, a concourse, or generally, a family or crowd)
KJV usage: assembly, company, congregation, multitude, people, swarm. Compare 5713.
Pronounce: ay-daw'
Origin: feminine of 5707 in the original sense of fixture
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'
shall 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
it βin
beyn (Hebrew #996)
properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from 995; a distinction; but used only as a prep, between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
KJV usage: among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), + from (the widest), X in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine)
the evening
`ereb (Hebrew #6153)
dusk
KJV usage: + day, even(-ing, tide), night.
Pronounce: eh'-reb
Origin: from 6150
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Lev. 23:5• 5In the fourteenth day of the first month, at even, is Jehovah's Passover. (Lev. 23:5)
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Num. 9:3• 3on the fourteenth day in this month between the two evenings, ye shall hold it at its set time; according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ordinances thereof shall ye hold it. (Num. 9:3)
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Num. 28:16• 16And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the Passover to Jehovah. (Num. 28:16)
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Deut. 16:1,6• 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.
 6but at the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the Passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. (Deut. 16:1,6)
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between the two evenings.

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Cross References

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fourteenth.
Lev. 23:5• 5In the fourteenth day of the first month, at even, is Jehovah's Passover. (Lev. 23:5)
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Num. 9:3• 3on the fourteenth day in this month between the two evenings, ye shall hold it at its set time; according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ordinances thereof shall ye hold it. (Num. 9:3)
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Num. 28:16,18• 16And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the Passover to Jehovah.
 18On the first day ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: (Num. 28:16,18)
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Deut. 16:1‑6• 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.
 2And thou shalt sacrifice the Passover unto Jehovah thy God, of the flock and the herd , in the place which Jehovah shall choose to cause his name to dwell there.
 3Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
 4And there shall be no leaven seen with thee in all thy borders seven days; neither shall any of the flesh which thou sacrificest the first day at even remain all night until the morning.
 5Thou mayest not sacrifice the Passover in any of thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee:
 6but at the place which Jehovah thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the Passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt. (Deut. 16:1‑6)
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2 Chron. 30:15• 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 Jehovah, (2 Chron. 30:15)
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Ezek. 45:21• 21In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. (Ezek. 45:21)
the whole.
2 Chron. 30:15‑18• 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 Jehovah,
 16and they stood in their place after their custom, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood receiving it from the hand of the Levites.
 17For there were many in the congregation that were not hallowed; therefore the Levites had the charge of the slaughtering of the Passover-lambs for every one not clean, to hallow them unto Jehovah.
 18For a multitude of the people, many of Ephraim and Manasseh, Issachar and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, and they ate the Passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them saying, Jehovah, who is good, forgive every one (2 Chron. 30:15‑18)
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Isa. 53:6• 6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. (Isa. 53:6)
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Matt. 27:20,25• 20But the chief priests and the elders persuaded the crowds that they should beg for Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
 25And all the people answering said, His blood [be] on us and on our children. (Matt. 27:20,25)
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Mark 15:1,8,11,25,33‑34• 1And immediately in the morning the chief priests, having taken counsel with the elders and scribes and the whole Sanhedrim, bound Jesus and carried [him] away, and delivered [him] up to Pilate.
 8And the multitude, crying aloud, began to beg him [to do] as he had ever done unto them.
 11But the chief priests stirred up the crowd that he should rather release Barabbas to them.
 25And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
 33And when [the] sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until [the] ninth hour.
 34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice [saying], Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? (Mark 15:1,8,11,25,33‑34)
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Luke 23:1,18• 1And the whole multitude of them rose up and led him to Pilate.
 18But they cried in full crowd, saying, Away with this [man] and release Barabbas for us; (Luke 23:1,18)
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Acts 2:23• 23(him, given up by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye by hand of lawless [men] did crucify and slay; (Acts 2:23)
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Acts 3:14• 14But ye denied the Holy and Righteous One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you; (Acts 3:14)
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Acts 4:27• 27For of a truth in this city against thy holy servant Jesus whom thou didst anoint, both Herod and Pontius Pilate with Gentiles and peoples of Israel were gathered, (Acts 4:27)
in the evening.
Heb. between the two evenings.The Jews divided the day into morning and evening:
till the sun passed the meridian, all was morning or forenoon; after that, all was evening or afternoon.
Their first evening began just after twelve o'clock, and continued till sunset; their second evening began at sunset, and continued till night, i.e., during the whole time of twilight; between twelve o'clock, therefore, and the termination of twilight, the passover was to be offered.
See Parallel Passages.
Ex. 16:12• 12I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak to them, saying, Between the two evenings ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah your God. (Ex. 16:12)
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Matt. 27:46‑50• 46but about the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
 47And some of those who stood there, when they heard [it], said, This [man] calls for Elias.
 48And immediately one of them running and getting a sponge, having filled [it] with vinegar and fixed [it] on a reed, gave him to drink.
 49But the rest said, Let be; let us see if Elias comes to save him.
 50And Jesus, having again cried with a loud voice, gave up the ghost. (Matt. 27:46‑50)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; and the whole congregationd of the assembly of Israel shall kill it between the two evenings.

JND Translation Notes

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See Note a.

W. Kelly Translation

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And ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; and the whole congregation of the assembly of Israel shall kill it between the two evenings.

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.)