Deuteronomy 16:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to the LORD your God: for in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

שָׁמוֹר֙ אֶת־חֹ֣דֶשׁ הָאָבִ֔יב וְעָשִׂ֣יתָ פֶּ֔סַח לַיהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ כִּ֞י בְּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽאָבִ֗יב הוֹצִ֨יאֲךָ֜ יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ מִמִּצְרַ֖יִם לָֽיְלָה׃

Transliteration

Šāmôr ʾet-ḥōdeš hāʾābîb wəʿāśîtā pesaḥ la-YHWH ʾělōheykā kî bəḥōdeš hāʾābîb hôṣîʾăkā YHWH ʾělōheykā mimmiṣrayim lāylâ

Grammar Details

• *Šāmôr*: infinitive absolute - observe/keep (imperative force)
• *ʾet*: direct object marker
• *ḥōdeš*: masculine singular construct - month of
• *hāʾābîb*: definite article + masculine noun - the Abib/spring
• *wəʿāśîtā*: conjunction + qal perfect 2nd masculine singular - and you shall make/do
• *pesaḥ*: masculine singular noun - Passover
• *la-YHWH*: preposition + divine name - to/for YHWH
• *ʾělōheykā*: masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God
• *kî*: conjunction - because/for
• *bəḥōdeš*: preposition + masculine singular construct - in month of
• *hôṣîʾăkā*: hiphil perfect 3rd masculine singular with 2nd masculine singular suffix - he brought you out
• *YHWH*: divine name
• *mimmiṣrayim*: preposition + proper noun - from Egypt
• *lāylâ*: masculine singular noun - night

Word Meanings

• *Šāmôr*: observe/keep/guard/watch
• *ʾābîb*: spring/green ears (of grain)/early ripening
• *pesaḥ*: Passover (sacrifice/festival)
• *hôṣîʾăkā*: brought you out/led you forth

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Observe 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.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Observe{H8104} the month{H2320} of Abib,{H24} and keep{H6213} the passover{H6453} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God;{H430} for in the month{H2320} of Abib{H24} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} brought thee forth{H3318} out of Egypt{H4714} by night.{H3915}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Observe{H8104}{(H8800)} the month{H2320} of Abib{H24}, and keep{H6213}{(H8804)} the passover{H6453} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}: for in the month{H2320} of Abib{H24} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} brought thee forth{H3318}{(H8689)} out of Egypt{H4714} by night{H3915}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Obserue the moneth of Abyb, and offer passeover vnto the Lorde thi God. For in the moneth of Abib, the Lorde thy God brought the out of Egipte by nyght.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Obserue the moneth Abib, yt thou offre Easter vnto the LORDE yi God: for in the moneth Abib the LORDE thy God broughte ye out of Egipte by nighte.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou shalt keepe the moneth of Abib, and thou shalt celebrate the Passeouer vnto the Lord thy God: for in the moneth of Abib ye Lord thy God brought thee out of Egypt by night.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Obserue the moneth of newe corne, that thou mayest offer the Passouer vnto ye Lord thy God: For in the moneth when corne begynneth to rype, the Lorde thy God brought thee out of Egypt by nyght.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to Yahweh your God; for in the month of Abib Yahweh your God brought you forth out of Egypt by night.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Observe the month of Abib -- and thou hast made a passover to Jehovah thy God, for in the month of Abib hath Jehovah thy God brought thee out of Egypt by night;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto Jehovah thy God; for in the month of Abib Jehovah thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto Jehovah thy God; for in the month of Abib Jehovah thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Take note of the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God: for in the month of Abib the Lord your God took you out of Egypt by night.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to Yahweh your God; for in the month of Abib Yahweh your God brought you forth out of Egypt by night.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Passover-Unleavened Bread Festival Observe the month Abib and keep the Passover to the LORD your God, for in that month he brought you out of Egypt by night.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 34:18 : 18 You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, in the time of the month Abib, for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt.
• Exod 13:4 : 4 This day you came out in the month Abib.
• Exod 12:2-9 : 2 This month shall be to you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year for you. 3 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, On the tenth day of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for a household: 4 And if the household is too small for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of the people; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb. 5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: you shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats: 6 And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. 7 And they shall take of the blood and put it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses in which they shall eat it. 8 And they shall eat the flesh that night, roasted with fire, with unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. 9 Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; its head with its legs, and its entrails. 10 And you shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remains of it until the morning you shall burn with fire. 11 And thus you shall eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's Passover. 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD. 13 And the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt. 14 And this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; you shall keep it as a feast by an ordinance forever. 15 Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread; indeed, on the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses: for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. 16 And on the first day there shall be a holy assembly, and on the seventh day there shall be a holy assembly for you; no manner of work shall be done on them, except that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you. 17 And you shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for on this very day I have brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore, you shall observe this day in your generations by an ordinance forever. 18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening. 19 Seven days shall no leaven be found in your houses: for whoever eats what is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or native in the land. 20 You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread.
• Num 28:16 : 16 And on the fourteenth day of the first month is the Passover of the LORD.
• Lev 23:5 : 5 On the fourteenth day of the first month at evening is the LORD'S Passover.
• Num 9:2-5 : 2 Let the children of Israel also keep the Passover at its appointed time. 3 On the fourteenth day of this month, in the evening, you shall keep it at its appointed time: according to all its rites and according to all its ceremonies, you shall keep it. 4 And Moses spoke to 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 evening in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel.
• Exod 12:29-42 : 29 And it came to pass at midnight that the LORD struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of livestock. 30 And Pharaoh rose in the night, he and all his servants and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead. 31 Then he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, 'Rise up, and get out from among my people, both you and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD as you have said. 32 Also take your flocks and your herds, as you have said, and be gone; and bless me also.' 33 And the Egyptians urged the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, 'We shall all be dead.' 34 And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound in their clothes on their shoulders. 35 And the children of Israel did according to the word of Moses; and they borrowed from the Egyptians articles of silver, and articles of gold, and clothing: 36 And the LORD gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they granted them what they asked. Thus they plundered the Egyptians. 37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, besides children. 38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them, along with flocks and herds, a very large amount of livestock. 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they had brought out of Egypt, for it was not leavened, because they were driven out of Egypt, and could not delay, nor had they prepared provisions for themselves. 40 Now the time that the children of Israel lived in Egypt was four hundred and thirty years. 41 And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, on the very same day, it came to pass that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt. 42 It is a night to be solemnly observed for the LORD for bringing them out of the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed by all the children of Israel throughout their generations.
• Exod 23:15 : 15 You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt; none shall appear before me empty);