Exodus 12:25

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to observe this ceremony.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהָיָ֞ה כִּֽי־תָבֹ֣אוּ אֶל־הָאָ֗רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִתֵּ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה לָכֶ֖ם כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר דִּבֵּ֑ר וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֖ם אֶת־הָעֲבֹדָ֥ה הַזֹּֽאת׃

Transliteration

wə-hāyāh kî-tābō'û to-the 'āreṣ which yittēn YHWH to you as which dibbēr; ū-šəmartem 'et-the 'ăbōdāh the zō't.

Grammar Details

• *wə-hāyāh*: conjunction + qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - and it will be
• *kî*: conjunction - when
• *tābō'û*: qal imperfect 2nd masculine plural - you will come/enter
• *'āreṣ*: feminine singular noun - land
• *yittēn*: qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - will give
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD
• *dibbēr*: piel perfect 3rd masculine singular - spoke/promised
• *ū-šəmartem*: conjunction + qal perfect 2nd masculine plural - and you shall observe/keep
• *'ăbōdāh*: feminine singular noun - service/ceremony/worship
• *zō't*: feminine singular demonstrative - this

Word Meanings

• *'āreṣ*: land/earth/ground/territory
• *'ăbōdāh*: service/worship/ceremony/ritual

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  And it shall come to pass, when you come to the land which the LORD will give you, just as He has promised, that you shall keep this service.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  And it shall come to pass, when ye are come to the land which Jehovah will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And when ye be come in to the land which the Lorde will geue you acordinge as he hath promysed, se that ye kepe this seruice.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  And whan ye be come into ye londe that the LORDE shal geue you, (as he hath sayde) then kepe this seruyce.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And when ye shall come into the land, which the Lord will giue you as hee hath promised, then ye shall keepe this seruice.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And when ye be come to the lande whiche the Lorde wyll geue you, accordyng as he hath promised, ye shall kepe this seruice.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  It shall happen when you have come to the land which Yahweh will give you, according as he has promised, that you shall keep this service.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and it hath been, when ye come in unto the land which Jehovah giveth to you, as He hath spoken, that ye have kept this service;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it shall come to pass, when ye are come to the land which Jehovah will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  And it shall come to pass, when ye are come to the land which Jehovah will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And when you come into the land which the Lord will make yours, as he gave his word, you are to keep this act of worship.

• World English Bible (2000)

  It shall happen when you have come to the land which Yahweh will give you, according as he has promised, that you shall keep this service.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  When you enter the land that the LORD will give to you, just as he said, you must observe this ceremony.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 3:8 : 8 'So I have come down to rescue them from the power of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey—the place of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites.'
• Exod 3:17 : 17 'And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.'
• Deut 4:5 : 5 See, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the LORD my God commanded me, so that you may act according to them in the land you are entering to possess.
• Deut 12:8-9 : 8 You must not act as we are doing here today, where everyone does whatever seems right in their own eyes. 9 For you have not yet come into the resting place and the inheritance that the Lord your God is giving you.
• Deut 16:5-9 : 5 You must not sacrifice the Passover offering in any of the towns that the Lord your God is giving you. 6 Only at the place the Lord your God chooses as His dwelling for His name shall you sacrifice the Passover offering, in the evening, at sunset, at the time you left Egypt. 7 Roast it and eat it in the place the Lord your God chooses. Then in the morning, return to your tents. 8 For six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord your God. You must not do any work. 9 Count seven weeks from the time you begin to harvest the grain with the sickle.
• Josh 5:10-12 : 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. 11 The day after the Passover, they ate some of the produce of the land: unleavened bread and roasted grain on that very day. 12 The manna ceased the day after they ate from the produce of the land. There was no more manna for the Israelites, and that year they ate from the yield of the land of Canaan.
• Ps 105:44-45 : 44 He gave them the lands of the nations, and they inherited what others had worked for, 45 so that they might keep His statutes and observe His laws. Praise the LORD!