KJV King James Version
And they shall take of the blood, and strike [it] on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
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Exodus 12:7
And they shall take of the blood, and strike [it] on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.
WEB World English Bible
They shall take some of the blood, and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel, on the houses in which they shall eat it.
ASV American Standard Version
And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and they have taken of the blood, and have put on the two side-posts, and on the lintel over the houses in which they eat it.
Surrounding context — Exodus 12
4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take [it] according to the number of the souls; 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: ye shall take [it] out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6 And ye shall keep it up 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 strike [it] on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; [and] with bitter [herbs] they shall eat it.
9 Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast [with] fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.
10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְלָֽקְחוּ֙H3947 · la.qachto take: takeמִן־H4480 · minfromהַדָּ֔םH1818 · dambloodוְנָֽתְנ֛וּH5414 · na.tanto give: giveעַל־H5921 · aluponשְׁתֵּ֥יH8147 · she.na.yimtwoהַמְּזוּזֹ֖תH4201 · me.zu.zahdoorpostוְעַל־H5921 · aluponהַמַּשְׁק֑וֹףH4947 · mash.qophlintelעַ֚לH5921 · aluponהַבָּ֣תִּ֔יםH1004 · betplaceאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichיֹאכְל֥וּH398 · a.khalto eatאֹת֖וֹH853 · et[Obj.]בָּהֶֽם׃H9038 · hemthem
Cross-references
Exodus 12:22-23And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip [it] in the blood that [is] in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that [is] in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.Hebrews 11:28Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.Hebrews 9:22And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.Ephesians 1:7In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;Hebrews 10:14For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.1 Peter 1:2Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.Hebrews 10:29Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?Hebrews 9:13-14For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
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