The Meaning of Exodus 12:7 Explained

Exodus 12:7

KJV: And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.

YLT: and they have taken of the blood, and have put on the two side-posts, and on the lintel over the houses in which they eat it.

Darby: And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two door-posts and on the lintel of the houses in which they eat it.

ASV: And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Exodus 12:7?

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WORDS: What do the individual words in Exodus 12:7 mean?

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What is the context of Exodus 12:7?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And they shall take of the blood, and strike [it] on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.

What does Exodus 12:7 Mean?

Context Summary

Exodus 12:1-14 - The Passover Lamb And Its Sprinkled Blood

Henceforth, for Israel, there was to be a new beginning of the year. We should date our birthdays not from the cradle, but from the Cross. The Paschal Lamb was an evident foreshadowing of Christ. See 1 Corinthians 5:7.

(1). He was without blemish. Searched by friend and foe, no fault was found in Him.

(2). He was in His prime, when He laid down His life.

(3). Set apart at the opening of His ministry, it took three years to consummate His purpose.

(4). His blood-that phrase being equivalent to His sacrificial death-speaks of the satisfaction of the just claims of inviolable law, where His flesh is "meat indeed."

(5). Roasting with fire, unleavened bread and bitter herbs denote the intensity of His sufferings, and the chastened spirit with which we draw nigh.

And does not the pilgrim's attitude bespeak the attitude of the Church, which, at any moment, may be summoned to go forth at the trumpet sounding? 1 Corinthians 15:52. [source]

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 12:7 mean?

And they shall take [some] of the blood and put [it] on two the doorposts and on the lintel of the houses which they eat it in

וְלָֽקְחוּ֙ מִן־ הַדָּ֔ם וְנָֽתְנ֛וּ עַל־ שְׁתֵּ֥י הַמְּזוּזֹ֖ת וְעַל־ הַמַּשְׁק֑וֹף עַ֚ל הַבָּ֣תִּ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־ יֹאכְל֥וּ אֹת֖וֹ בָּהֶֽם

וְלָֽקְחוּ֙	And they shall take
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural Root: יָקַח Sense: to take, get, fetch, lay hold of, seize, receive, acquire, buy, bring, marry, take a wife, snatch, take away.
מִן־	[some]
Parse: Preposition Root: מִן Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
הַדָּ֔ם	of the blood
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: דָּם Sense: blood.
וְנָֽתְנ֛וּ	and put [it]
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural Root: יָתַן Sense: to give, put, set.
שְׁתֵּ֥י	two
Parse: Number, fdc Root: שְׁנַיִם Sense: two.
הַמְּזוּזֹ֖ת	the doorposts
Parse: Article, Noun, feminine plural Root: מְזוּזָה Sense: doorpost, gatepost.
וְעַל־	and on
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition Root: עַל Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
הַמַּשְׁק֑וֹף	the lintel
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: מַשְׁקֹוף Sense: lintel (of door).
הַבָּ֣תִּ֔ים	the houses
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.
יֹאכְל֥וּ	they eat
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: אָכַל Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.

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