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Exodus 12:21

Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.

KJV

Vocavit autem Moyses omnes seniores filiorum Israël, et dixit ad eos : Ite tollentes animal per familias vestras, et immolate Phase.

Vulgate

Ἐκάλεσεν δὲ Μωυσῆς πᾶσαν γερουσίαν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ καὶ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς Ἀπελθόντες λάβετε ὑμῖν ἑαυτοῖς πρόβατον κατὰ συγγενίαν ὑμῶν, καὶ θύσετε τὸ πάσχα.

LXX

Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out, and take you lambs according to your families, and kill the passover.

ASV

וַ/יִּקְרָ֥א מֹשֶׁ֛ה לְ/כָל זִקְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵ/הֶ֑ם מִֽשְׁכ֗וּ וּ/קְח֨וּ לָ/כֶ֥ם צֹ֛אן לְ/מִשְׁפְּחֹתֵי/כֶ֖ם וְ/שַׁחֲט֥וּ הַ/פָּֽסַח

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
זִקְנֵ֣י
zqny
adjective · 179×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יֹּ֣אמֶר
y'mr
verb · 5290×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
ם
m
noun · 304×
ם
m
verb · 82×
מָשַׁ֤ךְ
mshk
verb · 35×
מֹשֶׁ֔ה
mshh
proper_noun · 750×
פֶּ֖סַח
psch
noun · 49×
צֹ֣אן
ts'n
noun · 269×

Intertextual echoes

Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.

  • Heb 11:28 · allusion
    "Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them."
    Exodus: he kept the Passover and sprinkling of blood — Moses by faith

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 2Chr 35:6 — So 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.
  • Exod 12:3 — Speak 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:
  • Exod 12:11 — And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD’s passover.
  • Heb 11:28 — Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.