Exodus 12:21

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.

📖 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 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:
• Mark 14:12-16 : 12 ¶ And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover? 13 And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, ‹Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him.› 14 ‹And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?› 15 ‹And he will shew you a large upper room furnished› [and] ‹prepared: there make ready for us.› 16 And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
• Luke 22:7-9 : 7 ¶ Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. 8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, ‹Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.› 9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? 10 And he said unto them, ‹Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in.› 11 ‹And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?› 12 ‹And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready.› 13 And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.
• 1 Cor 10:4 : 4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
• Exod 3:16 : 16 ¶ Go, and gather the elders of Israel together, and say unto them, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, I have surely visited you, and [seen] that which is done to you in Egypt:
• Exod 12:11 : 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.
• Exod 17:5 : 5 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go on before the people, and take with thee of the elders of Israel; and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the river, take in thine hand, and go.
• Exod 19:7 : 7 And Moses came and called for the elders of the people, and laid before their faces all these words which the LORD commanded him.
• Num 9:2-5 : 2 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season. 3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it. 4 And Moses spake unto the children of Israel, that they should keep the passover. 5 And they kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at even in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
• Num 11:16 : 16 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses, Gather unto me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tabernacle of the congregation, that they may stand there with thee.
• Josh 5:10 : 10 ¶ And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
• 2 Kgs 23:21 : 21 And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as [it is] written in the book of this covenant.
• 2 Chr 30:15-17 : 15 Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth [day] of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD. 16 And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, [which they received] of the hand of the Levites. 17 For [there were] many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one [that was] not clean, to sanctify [them] unto the LORD.
• 2 Chr 35:5-6 : 5 And stand in the holy [place] according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and [after] the division of the families of the Levites. 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.
• Ezra 6:20 : 20 For the priests and the Levites were purified together, all of them [were] pure, and killed the passover for all the children of the captivity, and for their brethren the priests, and for themselves.
• Matt 26:17-19 : 17 ¶ Now the first [day] of the [feast of] unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover? 18 And he said, ‹Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.› 19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.