The Meaning of Exodus 12:24 Explained

Exodus 12:24

KJV: And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.

YLT: And ye have observed this thing, for a statute to thee, and to thy sons -- unto the age;

Darby: And ye shall observe this as an ordinance for thee and for thy sons for ever.

ASV: And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And ye shall observe  this thing  for an ordinance  to thee and to thy sons  for  ever. 

What does Exodus 12:24 Mean?

Context Summary

Exodus 12:15-28 - The Feast Of Unleavened Bread
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Chapter Summary: Exodus 12

1  The beginning of the year is changed
3  The Passover is instituted
11  The import of the rite of the Passover
15  Unleavened bread
29  The firstborn are slain
31  The Israelites are driven out of the land
37  They come to Succoth
41  The time of their sojourning
43  The ordinance of the Passover

What do the individual words in Exodus 12:24 mean?

And you shall observe - thing this as an ordinance for you and your sons for ever
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־ הַדָּבָ֣ר הַזֶּ֑ה לְחָק־ לְךָ֥ וּלְבָנֶ֖יךָ עַד־ עוֹלָֽם

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם  And  you  shall  observe 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַר  
Sense: to keep, guard, observe, give heed.
אֶת־  - 
Parse: Direct object marker
Root: אֹות 
Sense: sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative.
הַדָּבָ֣ר  thing 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: דָּבָר  
Sense: speech, word, speaking, thing.
הַזֶּ֑ה  this 
Parse: Article, Pronoun, masculine singular
Root: זֶה  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, another, such.
לְחָק־  as  an  ordinance 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: חֹק  
Sense: statute, ordinance, limit, something prescribed, due.
לְךָ֥  for  you 
Parse: Preposition, second person masculine singular
וּלְבָנֶ֖יךָ  and  your  sons 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
עוֹלָֽם  ever 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: עֹולָם  
Sense: long duration, antiquity, futurity, for ever, ever, everlasting, evermore, perpetual, old, ancient, world.

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