Exodus 12:21

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, 'Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb.'

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וַיִּקְרָ֥א מֹשֶׁ֛ה לְכָל־זִקְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֑ם מִֽשְׁכ֗וּ וּקְח֨וּ לָכֶ֥ם צֹ֛אן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיכֶ֖ם וְשַׁחֲט֥וּ הַפָּֽסַח׃

Transliteration

wa-yiqrā' mōšeh to all-ziqnê yiśrā'ēl wa-yō'mer to them: miškû and qəḥû for you ṣō'n for mišpəḥōtêkem and šaḥăṭû the pāsaḥ.

Grammar Details

• *wa-yiqrā'*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he called
• *mōšeh*: proper noun - Moses
• *ziqnê*: masculine plural construct noun - elders of
• *yiśrā'ēl*: proper noun - Israel
• *wa-yō'mer*: conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *miškû*: qal imperative masculine plural - draw out/select
• *qəḥû*: qal imperative masculine plural - take
• *ṣō'n*: collective noun - flock/sheep
• *mišpəḥōtêkem*: feminine plural noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your families
• *šaḥăṭû*: qal imperative masculine plural - slaughter
• *pāsaḥ*: noun with definite article - the passover

Word Meanings

• *miškû*: draw out/select/pull/withdraw
• *ṣō'n*: flock/sheep/goats
• *pāsaḥ*: passover/passover sacrifice

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, 'Select and take lambs for your families, and kill the Passover lamb.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  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.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  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.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And Moses called for the elders off Israel and sayde vnto them: chouse out and take to euery housholde a shepe, ad kyll passeouer.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And Moses called all the Elders of Israel, and sayde vnto them: Chose out, and take to euery housholde a shepe, and kyll Passeouer vnto the LORDE:

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Then Moses called all the Elders of Israel, and saide vnto them, Choose out and take you for euerie of your housholdes a lambe, & kill the Passeouer.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Moyses called for the elders of Israel, and sayde vnto them: Choose out, and take you to euery housholde of you a lambe, and kyll the passouer.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ 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.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  And Moses calleth for all the elders of Israel, and saith unto them, `Draw out and take for yourselves `from' the flock, for your families, and slaughter the passover-sacrifice;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  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.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then Moses sent for the chiefs of Israel, and said to them, See that lambs are marked out for yourselves and your families, and let the Passover lamb be put to death.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel, and told them,“Go and select for yourselves a lamb or young goat for your families, and kill the Passover animals.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 12:3 : 3 Tell the whole community of Israel: On the tenth day of this month, each man must take a lamb for his family, one lamb per household.
• Mark 14:12-16 : 12 On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus' disciples asked him, "Where do you want us to go and prepare the Passover meal for you to eat?" 13 So he sent two of his disciples, saying to them, "Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. 14 Wherever he enters, say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher says, Where is my guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?' 15 He will show you a large upstairs room, furnished and ready. Prepare for us there. 16 So the disciples went out and entered the city. They found everything just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover.
• Luke 22:7-9 : 7 Then the day of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed. 8 Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover meal for us to eat." 9 "Where do you want us to prepare it?" they asked him. 10 He replied, "As you enter the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him to the house he enters. 11 Say to the owner of the house, 'The Teacher asks, Where is the guest room where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?" 12 He will show you a large, furnished upper room. Prepare the meal there." 13 So they went and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the Passover meal.
• 1 Cor 10:4 : 4 They all drank the same spiritual drink, for they drank from the spiritual rock that followed them, and the rock was Christ.
• Exod 3:16 : 16 Go, assemble the elders of Israel, and tell them, 'The LORD, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me and said: "I have watched over you and have seen what has been done to you in Egypt."
• Exod 12:11 : 11 This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the LORD's Passover.
• Exod 17:5 : 5 The LORD answered Moses, "Go ahead of the people and take some of the elders of Israel with you. Take in your hand the staff with which you struck the Nile, and go."
• Exod 19:7 : 7 So Moses came and summoned the elders of the people. He set before them all the words that the LORD had commanded him.
• Num 9:2-5 : 2 Let the people of Israel observe the Passover at its appointed time. 3 On the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall observe it at its appointed time, following all its statutes and all its regulations. 4 So Moses told the people of Israel to keep the Passover. 5 And they kept the Passover in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, in the wilderness of Sinai, just as the LORD had commanded Moses, so the people of Israel did.
• Num 11:16 : 16 The LORD said to Moses, 'Gather seventy men from the elders of Israel whom you know to be leaders of the people and their officials. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting, and have them stand there with you.'
• Josh 5:10 : 10 The Israelites camped at Gilgal, and on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, on the plains of Jericho, they celebrated the Passover.
• 2 Kgs 23:21 : 21 The king commanded all the people, 'Celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God as it is written in the Book of the Covenant.'
• 2 Chr 30:15-17 : 15 They slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and Levites, ashamed of their neglect, consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the temple of the LORD. 16 Then they stood at their prescribed places, according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests sprinkled the blood handed to them by the Levites. 17 Since many in the assembly had not consecrated themselves, the Levites were responsible for slaughtering the Passover lambs for everyone who was not ceremonial clean to dedicate them to the LORD.
• 2 Chr 35:5-6 : 5 Stand in the holy place by the divisions of your ancestral houses for your kinsmen, the people, and by the divisions of the Levites according to their families. 6 Slaughter the Passover lamb, consecrate yourselves, and prepare it for your brothers to carry out the word of the LORD given through Moses.
• Ezra 6:20 : 20 The priests and Levites had purified themselves together, and all of them were ceremonially clean. They slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their brothers the priests, and for themselves.
• Matt 26:17-19 : 17 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?" 18 He replied, "Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, 'The Teacher says, My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover at your house with My disciples.'" 19 So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.