Exodus 12:21

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.

📖 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

Referenced Verses

• Exod 12:3 : 3 Speake ye vnto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth of this moneth let euery man take vnto him a lambe, according to the house of the fathers, a lambe for an house.
• Mark 14:12-16 : 12 Nowe the first day of vnleauened bread, when they sacrificed the Passeouer, his disciples sayde vnto him, Where wilt thou that we goe and prepare, that thou mayest eate the Passeouer? 13 Then hee sent foorth two of his disciples, and sayde vnto them, Goe yee into the citie, and there shall a man meete you bearing a pitcher of water: followe him. 14 And whithersoeuer he goeth in, say yee to the good man of the house, The Master sayeth, Where is the lodging where I shal eate the Passeouer with my disciples? 15 And he wil shewe you an vpper chamber which is large, trimmed and prepared: there make it readie for vs. 16 So his disciples went foorth, and came to the citie, and found as he had said vnto them, and made readie the Passeouer.
• Luke 22:7-9 : 7 Then came the day of vnleauened bread, when the Passeouer must be sacrificed. 8 And he sent Peter and Iohn, saying, Go and prepare vs the Passeouer, that we may eate it. 9 And they saide to him, Where wilt thou, that we prepare it? 10 Then he said vnto them, Beholde, when ye be entred into the citie, there shall a man meete you, bearing a pitcher of water: folowe him into the house that he entreth in, 11 And say vnto the good man of the house, The Master saith vnto thee, Where is the lodging where I shall eate my Passeouer with my disciples? 12 Then he shall shewe you a great hie chamber trimmed: there make it ready. 13 So they went, and found as he had said vnto them, and made readie the Passeouer.
• 1 Cor 10:4 : 4 And did all drinke the same spirituall drinke (for they dranke of the spiritual Rocke that folowed them: and the Rocke was Christ)
• Exod 3:16 : 16 Go & gather the Elders of Israel together, & thou shalt say vnto the, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, Izhak, & Iaakob appeared vnto me, & said, I haue surely remembred you, & that which is done to you in Egypt.
• Exod 12:11 : 11 And thus shall yee eate it, Your loynes girded, your shoes on your feete, and your staues in your handes, and yee shall eate it in haste: for it is the Lords Passeouer.
• Exod 17:5 : 5 And ye Lord answered to Moses, Goe before the people, and take with thee of the Elders of Israel: and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the riuer, take in thine hand, and go:
• Exod 19:7 : 7 Moses then came & called for the Elders of the people, and proposed vnto them all these things, which the Lord commanded him.
• Num 9:2-5 : 2 The children of Israel shall also celebrate the Passeouer at ye time appointed thereunto. 3 In the fourtenth day of this moneth at euen, ye shall keepe it in his due season: according to all the ordinances of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof shall ye keepe it. 4 Then Moses spake vnto the children of Israel, to celebrate the Passeouer. 5 And they kept the Passeouer in the fouretenth day of the first moneth at euen in the wildernesse of Sinai: according to all that the Lord had comanded Moses, so did ye children of Israel.
• Num 11:16 : 16 Then the Lord said vnto Moses, Gather vnto me seuetie men of ye Elders of Israel, whome thou knowest, that they are the Elders of the people, and gouernonrs ouer them, & bring them vnto the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and let them stand there with thee,
• Josh 5:10 : 10 So the children of Israel abode in Gilgal, and kept ye feast of the Passeouer the fourteenth day of the moneth at euen in ye plaine of Iericho.
• 2 Kgs 23:21 : 21 Then the king commanded all the people, saying, Keepe the passeouer vnto the Lorde your God, as it is written in the booke of this couenant.
• 2 Chr 30:15-17 : 15 Afterwarde they slewe the Passeouer the fourteenth day of the seconde moneth: and the Priestes and Leuites were ashamed, and sanctified themselues, and brought the burnt offrings into the house of the Lord. 16 And they stoode in their place after their maner, according to the Lawe of Moses the man of God: and the Priestes sprinkled the blood, receiued of the handes of the Leuites. 17 Because there were many in the Congregation that were not sanctified, therefore the Leuites had the charge of the killing of ye Passeouer for all that were not cleane, to sanctifie it to the Lord.
• 2 Chr 35:5-6 : 5 And stande in the Sanctuarie according to the deuision of the families of your brethren the children of the people, and after the deuision of the familie of the Leuites: 6 So kil the Passeouer & sanctifie your selues, and prepare your brethren that they may doe according to the worde of the Lorde by the hand of Moses.
• Ezra 6:20 : 20 (For the Priests and the Leuites were purified altogether) and they killed the Passeouer for all the children of the captiuitie, & for their brethren the Priests, and for themselues.
• Matt 26:17-19 : 17 Nowe on the first day of the feast of vnleauened bread the disciples came to Iesus, saying vnto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eate the Passeouer? 18 And he said, Goe yee into the citie to such a man, and say to him, The master saieth, My time is at hande: I will keepe the Passeouer at thine house with my disciples. 19 And the disciples did as Iesus had giuen them charge, and made readie the Passeouer.