Exodus 12:23

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians, and when He sees the blood on the lintel and the two doorposts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For the Lorde will goo aboute and smyte Egipte. And when he seyth the bloude vppon the vpper doorposte ad on the.ij. syde postes, he will passe ouer the doore and will not suffre the destroyer to come in to youre housse to plage you.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    for the LORDE wyll go aboute and plage the Egipcians. And whan he seyth the bloude vpo the vpperposte, and vpon the two syde postes, he wyl passe ouer by the dore, and not suffre the destroyer to come in to youre houses to plage.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For the Lord will passe by to smite the Egyptians: and when he seeth the blood vpon the lintel and on the two doore cheekes, the Lorde wil passe ouer the doore, & wil not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses to plague you.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For the Lord wyll passe ouer to smyte the Egyptians: and when he seeth the blood vpon the vpper doore post and the two syde postes, he wyll passe ouer the doore, and wyll not suffer the destroyer to come into your house to plague you.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite [you].

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For Yahweh will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two side-posts, Yahweh will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And Jehovah hath passed on to smite the Egyptians, and hath seen the blood on the lintel, and on the two side-posts, and Jehovah hath passed over the opening, and doth not permit the destruction to come into your houses to smite.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For Jehovah will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, Jehovah will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For the Lord will go through the land, sending death on the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the two sides and the top of the door, the Lord will go over your door and will not let death come in for your destruction.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For Yahweh will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two doorposts, Yahweh will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    For the LORD will pass through to strike Egypt, and when he sees the blood on the top of the doorframe and the two side posts, then the LORD will pass over the door, and he will not permit the destroyer to enter your houses to strike you.

Referenced Verses

  • Heb 11:28 : 28 By faith he observed the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch them.
  • Rev 7:3 : 3 saying, “Do not harm the earth, the sea, or the trees until we have sealed the servants of our God on their foreheads.”
  • Rev 9:4 : 4 They were told not to harm the grass of the earth, any green plant, or any tree, but only the people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
  • 1 Cor 10:10 : 10 Do not grumble, as some of them did, and they were destroyed by the destroyer.
  • Exod 12:12-13 : 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night and strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast, and I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD. 13 The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are. When I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will come upon you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
  • Ezek 9:6 : 6 Old men, young men, virgins, children, and women—kill them all to the point of destruction. But do not go near anyone who has the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.' So they began with the elders who were in front of the temple.
  • Heb 12:24 : 24 to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
  • 2 Sam 24:16 : 16 But when the angel stretched out his hand to destroy Jerusalem, the Lord relented concerning the disaster and said to the angel who was striking the people, "Enough! Withdraw your hand." The angel of the Lord was then at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
  • Isa 37:36 : 36 Then the angel of the LORD went out and struck down 185,000 men in the camp of the Assyrians. When the people got up the next morning, there were all the dead bodies.
  • Ezek 9:4 : 4 The LORD said to him, 'Pass through the city, through Jerusalem, and mark a sign on the foreheads of the men who sigh and groan over all the detestable things being done within it.'

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Exod 12:10-14
    5 verses
    90%

    10Do not leave any of it until morning; if any is left over until morning, burn it in the fire.

    11This 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.

    12For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night and strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast, and I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.

    13The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are. When I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will come upon you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.

    14This day shall be a memorial for you, and you shall celebrate it as a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations, as a perpetual ordinance, you shall celebrate it.

  • Exod 12:20-22
    3 verses
    89%

    20You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellings, you shall eat unleavened bread.

    21Then 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.'

    22Take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and apply some of the blood to the lintel and the two doorposts. None of you shall go out of the door of your house until morning.

  • Exod 12:6-8
    3 verses
    85%

    6Keep it until the fourteenth day of this month. Then the whole assembly of the community of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight.

    7They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses where they eat it.

    8They shall eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

  • Exod 12:26-27
    2 verses
    81%

    26When your children ask you, 'What does this ceremony mean to you?'

    27You are to reply, 'It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and spared our homes.' Then the people bowed down and worshiped.

  • Exod 12:29-30
    2 verses
    78%

    29At midnight, the LORD struck every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the prisoner in the dungeon, and every firstborn of the livestock.

    30Pharaoh got up during the night, along with all his officials and all the Egyptians, and there was loud wailing in Egypt, for there was no house without someone dead.

  • Heb 11:28
    78%

    28By faith he observed the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch them.

  • Exod 12:24
    77%

    24You shall observe this event as a statute for you and your children forever.

  • Exod 11:4-7
    4 verses
    75%

    4Moses said, "This is what the LORD says: About midnight I will go out through the midst of Egypt.

    5Every firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the millstones, and all the firstborn of the livestock.

    6There will be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there has never been nor ever will be again.

    7But not even a dog will bark against any of the Israelites, either man or beast, so that you may know that the LORD makes a distinction between Egypt and Israel.

  • Exod 12:42-43
    2 verses
    74%

    42It is a night to be observed for the LORD, for having brought them out of the land of Egypt. This is the night for the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for generations to come.

    43The LORD said to Moses and Aaron: This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.

  • Exod 12:3
    73%

    3Tell 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.

  • Exod 9:4
    73%

    4But the Lord will make a distinction between the livestock of Israel and that of Egypt, so that no animal belonging to the Israelites will die.

  • Num 9:12
    73%

    12They shall leave none of it until morning, nor break any of its bones. They shall observe it according to all the statutes of the Passover.

  • Exod 13:15
    73%

    15When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in Egypt, both human and animal. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD every male that first opens the womb and redeem every firstborn of my sons.'

  • Num 33:4
    73%

    4Meanwhile, the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them, and the LORD had also executed judgments against their gods.

  • Jer 43:11
    73%

    11He will come and attack the land of Egypt. Those destined for death will go to death, those destined for captivity to captivity, and those destined for the sword to the sword.

  • Exod 12:1
    73%

    1The LORD spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying:

  • Exod 9:6
    72%

    6And the Lord did this the next day: all the livestock of the Egyptians died, but not one animal belonging to the Israelites died.

  • Exod 10:12
    71%

    12And the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the land of Egypt so that locusts may swarm over the land and consume every plant that the hail has left."

  • Exod 9:20
    71%

    20Those officials of Pharaoh who feared the word of the Lord hurried to bring their slaves and their livestock inside.

  • Exod 14:24
    71%

    24During the last watch of the night, the LORD looked down on the Egyptian army from the pillar of fire and cloud and threw it into confusion.

  • Exod 23:23
    71%

    23My angel will go ahead of you and bring you into the land of the Amorites, Hittites, Perizzites, Canaanites, Hivites, and Jebusites, and I will wipe them out.

  • Exod 10:6
    71%

    6They will fill your houses, the houses of all your officials, and the houses of all the Egyptians—something neither your parents nor your ancestors have ever seen from the day they settled in this land until now." Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh.

  • Deut 11:20
    71%

    20Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates,

  • Josh 2:19
    71%

    19If anyone leaves the house, their death will be on their own head, and we will not be guilty. But if harm comes to anyone in your house, we will take the blame.

  • Lev 23:5
    70%

    5The Lord's Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.

  • Exod 8:21-22
    2 verses
    70%

    21Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron and said, "Go, sacrifice to your God here in the land."

    22But Moses said, "That would not be right. The sacrifices we make to the LORD our God would be detestable to the Egyptians. If we sacrifice what is detestable to them before their eyes, they would stone us.

  • Ps 135:8
    70%

    8He struck down the firstborn of Egypt, both human and animal.

  • Exod 14:13
    70%

    13Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm, and you will see the LORD's salvation, which He will accomplish for you today. The Egyptians you see today, you will never see again forever.

  • Exod 12:46
    70%

    46It must be eaten in a single house; you are not to take any of the meat outside the house, and you must not break any of its bones.

  • Deut 16:1
    70%

    1Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the Lord your God, for it was in the month of Abib that the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.