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Exodus 12:26

Exodus 12:26
And it shall come to pass, when your children shall say unto you, What mean ye by this service?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the children of Israel went away,.... The elders of the people, Exo 12:21 they departed to their several tribes and families at Goshen and elsewhere:

and did as the Lord commanded Moses and…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

What mean ye by this service? - The establishment of this service annually was a very wise provision to keep up in remembrance this wonderful deliverance. From the remotest antiquity the institution…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Exodus 12:21-28

I. Moses is here, as a faithful steward in God's house, teaching the children of Israel to observe all things which God had commanded him; and no doubt he gave the instructions as largely as he…