For Yahweh will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two door posts, Yahweh will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you.
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For Yahweh will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel, and on the two door posts, Yahweh will pass over the door, and will not allow the destroyer to come in to your houses to strike you.
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For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.
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For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when He seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side-posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.
Cross-references (10)
Passages linked to Exodus 12:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Revelation 7:3 saying, “Don’t harm the earth, neither the sea, nor the trees, until we have sealed the bondservants of our God on their foreheads!”
- Revelation 9:4 They were told that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree, but only those people who don’t have God’s seal on their foreheads.
- Hebrews 11:28 By faith, he kept the Passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the firstborn should not touch them.
- Exodus 12:12-13 For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal. I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt. I am Yahweh. The blood shall be to you for a token on the houses where you are. When I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague will be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
- 1 Corinthians 10:10 Don’t grumble, as some of them also grumbled, and perished by the destroyer.
- Ezekiel 9:6 Kill utterly the old man, the young man, the virgin, little children and women; but don’t come near any man on whom is the mark. Begin at my sanctuary.” Then they began at the old men who were before the house.
- 2 Samuel 24:16 When the angel stretched out his hand toward Jerusalem to destroy it, Yahweh relented of the disaster, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, “It is enough. Now withdraw your hand.” Yahweh’s angel was by the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.
- Isaiah 37:36 Then Yahweh’s angel went out and struck one hundred and eighty-five thousand men in the camp of the Assyrians. When men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
- Ezekiel 9:4 Yahweh said to him, “Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark on the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry over all the abominations that are done within it.”
- Hebrews 12:24 to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better than that of Abel.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain The Angel sent of God to kill the firstborn.
The Angel sent of God to kill the firstborn.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 12:23 For the LORD will pass through to…
Exo 12:23 For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite [you].
Ver. 23. Will not suffer the destroyer.] Angels delight to be executioners of God’s judgments, and saviours of his people.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Will not suffer, Heb. not give him license or…
Will not suffer, Heb. not give him license or commission.
The destroyer, i.e. the destroying angel, which whether it were a good or bad angel is not agreed, nor is it necessary to determine.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For the Lord will pass though to smite the…
For the Lord will pass though to smite the Egyptians,.... All the firstborn in the several families, in all the towns and cities in Egypt:
and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and upon the two side posts; which must be understood of his taking notice of it with a special view to the good of those within the house; otherwise every thing is seen by his all seeing eye: and thus Christ, the Lamb of God, is in the midst of the throne, as though he had been slain, and is always in the view of God and his divine justice; and his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice, are always looked unto by him with pleasure, delight, and satisfaction, to the advantage of his people, as applied unto them, who are hereby accepted with him, justified in his sight, and secure from condemnation and wrath:
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the Lord will pass over the door; and the house where this blood is sprinkled, and go to the next, or where Egyptians dwell; and thus justice passes over, and passes by, acquits and discharges them who are interested in the blood and sacrifice of Christ:
and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you; the destroying angel, as the Targum of Jonathan; for he seems to be distinct from the Lord, who is said to pass through and pass over, being an attendant and minister of his, to execute vengeance upon the Egyptians; and whether a good or a bad angel, it matters not, since God can make use of either to inflict judgments on men; but it may be more probably the former, even such an one as was employed in destroying the whole host of the Assyrians in one night, Kg2 19:35 and answers better in the antitype or emblem to the justice of God taking vengeance on ungodly sinners, when it is not suffered to do the saints any harm.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The destroyer - The destroying angel, whether this was…
The destroyer - The destroying angel, whether this was a good or an evil angel, we have not light to determine.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Exo 12:23. The destroyer — The destroying angel: whether…
Exo 12:23. The destroyer — The destroying angel: whether this was a good or an evil angel, we have not light to determine.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 23. pass over] The verb is cognate with pésaḥ.…
23. pass over] The verb is cognate with pésaḥ. See on v. 13.
the destroyer] The destroying angel: cf. esp. 2Sa_24:16; also Isa_37:36. LXX. ὁ ὀλεθρεύων: cf. Heb_11:28; and (with allusion to Num_16:46-50) Wis_18:25, 1Co_10:10 (ὁ ὀλοθρευτής).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (23) The destroyer.—The “plague” of Exo_12:13 is here called…
(23) The destroyer.—The “plague” of Exo_12:13 is here called “the destroyer” (τὸν ὀλεθρεύοντα, LXX.), as again in Heb_12:28. Jehovah seems to have employed an angel, or “angels” (Ps. 79:48) as His agents to effect the actual slaying of the firstborn. (Comp. 2Sa_24:16; 1Ch_21:15; 2Ki_19:35.) There is no struggle or opposition (as Bishop Lowth and Redslob think) between Jehovah and” the destroyer,” who is simply His minister (Heb_1:14), bidden to enter some houses and to “pass over” others.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Compare verses 12, 13 which are closely followed. The…
Compare verses 12, 13 which are closely followed. The only important difference is, the new expression, "The Lord will not suffer the destroyer to come in," which has generally been regarded as implying, that the actual agent in the killing of the first-born was a "destroying angel." But it is to be noted that elsewhere Jehovah himself is everywhere spoken of as the sole agent; and that in the present passage the word used has the meaning of "destruction" no less than that of "destroyer." Bishop Lowth"s idea of an opposition between God and the destroying angel (Comment on Isa_31:5) is scarcely tenable.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 pass over your door
pass over your door
Here the word "door" implies the entire house. This means that God will spare the Israelites in houses with blood on the doors. AT: "pass over your house" (See: Synecdoche)
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