The month wherein they went out of Egypt to be to themthe firſt month of the year, 1, 2. God enjoyus them ro chuſe a ſpotleſs lamb for the paſſover, 3. How they were to eat the ſame, 4. The deſcription of the lamb, 5. The time of killing it, 6. The manner of ſprinkling, 7. The time and me- thod of eatingit, 8 -— -—11. God's purpoſe to ſmite the firſt-born, 12. The uſe of the blood upon the doors, 13. Seven days of unleavened bread, and the manner of keeping it, 15. Moſes direfteth the Elders, both for their preſent and future ſafety, 21 - 23 They inſtru# their chil- aren concerning it, 26, The firſt-born of all Egypt ſlain, 2g. A great cry, 30. Pharaoh giveth Iſrael leave to go, 31. The Egyptians thruſt them our, 33. Their hafty departure, 34: They ſpoil the Egyptians, 35, 36. Their number, 37, Their baking unleavened bread, 39. How long they dwelt in Egypt, 4o. The time of their deliverance, 41. Who were to
partake of the paſſover, 43, 44. The children of Iſrael did as the Lord commanded.
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2 This month b ſhall beunto you the beginningec of months ; it ſhall be the firſt month of the year unto
6 The firſt month after the vernal Equinox, called 4b, Exod: T3. 4. and 23.15. Deut: 16. 1: and Nijan, Neh: 2. 1. | Efther 3:7: con- taining part of our March, and-part of 4pril, c Heb: The head ; which, I conceive, notes not ſo much the order, which is more plainly mentioned in the following words, as the eminency of it, that ir ſhall be acc-unted the chief and principal of all months; as the Sabbath hath been called by ſome the Queen of days. And juſtly muſt they prefer this month before the reſt, whether they looked backward to their prodigious Deliverance from Egypt therein, os forward to their ſpiritual Redemption by Chriſt, and to zhe accep= table year of the Lord, Luke 4. 19. for in this very month our Lord Jeſus ſuffered, Joh: 18. 28. d Heretofore your firſt month for all / Afffairs hath been 7iſri, which in part anſwers to our September, and 15 the firſt month after the Autumnal Equinox ; and ſo it ſhall be to you ſtillas to Civil Affairs, as it appears from Exod: 23: 16. and 34-.22. and Levit. 25, 8,9,10. But as to Sacred and Eccleſiaſtical Matters, this ſhall henceforth be your firſt month. | | 3 T Speak ye unto all the congregation of Iſrael, ſays ing, In thetenth day e of this month, they ſhall cake ro them f every man a lamb g, according to the houſe of their fathers +, a + lamb for an houſe.
c Partly that they might have the Lamb ready for the Sacrifice, and might not be diſtratted about procuring it when they ſhould be going to uſe it ; partly that by the frequent Contemplation of the Lamb, as a ſign appointed by God, they might have their Faith ſtrengthned as to their approaching Deliverance, and afterwards might have their Minds quickned to the more ſerious Contiderati- on of thay great Deliverance out of Ezypt, and of that more glorious Deliverance from Hellby Chriſt the rrue Pafſover,which ſhculd be offered for them ; partly to teach the Church in all Ages, how ne- ceſfary a thing preparation is to the ſolemn Duries and Excerciſes of Religion ; and partly to ſignifie that Chriſt ſhould be firſt ſet a part, and ſeparated to the Miniſtry, which was done three or four Prophetical days, 7: e. years before his Death, and afterwards offered . Moſt of which reaſons being perpetual, it may ſeem this uſage was ſo too, and not for the firit Paſſover only. f Into their Houſes, where the Jews tell us he was tied to the Bedſpoſt. g Or; Kid, verſe 5. for the ſame word ſignifies both, though a Lamb was commonly uſed, and a Kid only in caſe of the want of a Lamb + and the Chaldee, and LXX do almoſt conftantly tranſlate the He- brew word Lamb. And Chriſt is ſeldom or never Typifyed by a Kia, but generally by a Lamb, as he is called Joh. 1. 29. partly for his Innocency, Meekneſs, Patience, &c. but principally with re- ſpe& to the Paſchal-lamb, inſtead whereof he was in due time to be offered ; whence he 1s- called our Paſſover, 1 Cor: 5, 5, + A Lamb was to be diſpoſed of to every Houſe or Family, accord- ing to its quantity,or the numbers of perſons in it,as the nexr verſe explains it. The ſeveral Families are called the houſes of their fa- thers, becauſe rhey conſiſt of thoſe perſons which come from one Father or Grand-father. The people were divided into Tribes,the Tribes were ſubdivided into Families, and the Families again into Houſes, which were like ſprigs taken from the greater branches, and planted a part, and each of theſe had their ſeveral Fathers,from whom they were denominated, as here they are. |
4 And if the houſhold be too little for the lamb þ, let him and his neighbour next unto his houſe, take zt 3 ac- cording to the number of che ſouls &: every man accor-