King James Version
Exodus 13:4 in the King James Version says “This day came ye out in the month Abib.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 13 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“This day came ye out in the month Abib.”
Exodus 13:4 · KJV
Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. bondage: Heb. servants
This day came ye out in the month Abib.
And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“This day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
“came ye out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“Abib”
H24green, i.e., a young ear of grain; hence, the name of the month abib or nisan
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