Exodus 12 · Verse 14

Exodus 12:14

And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
Exodus 12:14, King James Version

Exodus 12:14 in other translations

BSBAnd this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.
WEBThis day shall be a memorial for you. You shall keep it as a feast to the LORD. You shall keep it as a feast throughout your generations by an ordinance forever.
ASVAnd this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to Jehovah: throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
YLT‘And this day hath become to you a memorial, and ye have kept it a feast to Jehovah to your generations; --a statute age-during; ye keep it a feast.
DARBYAnd this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall celebrate it as a feast to Jehovah; throughout your generations as an ordinance for ever shall ye celebrate it.
BBEAnd this day is to be kept in your memories: you are to keep it as a feast to the Lord through all your generations, as an order for ever.
WebsterAnd this day shall be to you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations: ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

What does Exodus 12:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. for a memorial, &c.--The close analogy traceable in all points between the Jewish and Christian passovers is seen also in the circumstance that both festivals were instituted before the events they were to commemorate had transpired.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 A memorial - To keep up a remembrance of the severity and goodness, or justice and mercy, of God. Ye shall keep it a feast - it shall be annually observed, and shall be celebrated with solemn religious joy, throughout your generations - as long as ye continue to be a distinct people; an ordinance - a Divine appointment, an institution of God himself, neither to be altered nor set aside by any human authority. For ever - חקת עולם chukkath olam, an everlasting or endless statute, because representative of the Lamb of God who taketh away the sin of the world; whose mediation, in consequence of his sacrifice, shall endure while time itself lasts; and to whose merits and efficacy the salvation of the soul shall be ascribable throughout eternity. This, therefore, is a statute and ordinance that can have no end, either in this world or in the world to come. It is remarkable that though the Jews have ceased from the whole of their sacrificial system, so that sacrifices are no longer offered by them in any part of the world, yet they all, in all their generations and in all countries, keep up the remembrance of the passover, and observe the feast of unleavened bread. But no lamb is sacrificed. Their sacrifices have all totally ceased, ever since the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans. Even the flesh that is used on this occasion is partly roasted and partly boiled, that it may not even resemble the primitive sacrifice; for they deem it unlawful to sacrifice out of Jerusalem. The truth is, the true Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world has been offered, and they have no power to restore the ancient type. See Clarke on Exo 12:27 (note).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 12:1-20

The death of the first-born of the Egyptians, The Israelites urged to leave the land of Egypt. (29-36) The Israelites' first journey to Succoth. (37-42) Ordinance respecting the passover. (43-51) Verses 1-20 The Lord makes all things new to those whom he delivers from the bondage of Satan, and takes to himself to be his people. The time when he does this is to them the beginning of a new life. God appointed that, on…

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Exodus 12:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהָיָה֩ve.ha.Yahand it will becomeH1961
הַיּ֨וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117
הַזֶּ֤הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
לָכֶם֙la.Khemfor <the> you
לְזִכָּר֔וֹןle.zi.ka.Ron<into> a memorialH2146
וְחַגֹּתֶ֥םve.cha.go.Temand you will celebrate a festivalH2287
אֹת֖וֹ'o.To<obj.> itH853
חַ֣גchaga festivalH2282
לַֽיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehof YahwehH3068
לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םle.do.Ro.tei.Khemto generations yourH1755
חֻקַּ֥תchu.Kata statute ofH2708
עוֹלָ֖םo.LamperpetuityH5769
תְּחָגֻּֽהוּ\׃te.cha.Gu.huyou will celebrate as a festival itH2287

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Cross references for Exodus 12:14

  • 2 Kings 23:21

    And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the Lord your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.

  • Exodus 12:17

    And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.

  • Exodus 12:24

    And ye shall observe this thing for an ordinance to thee and to thy sons for ever.

  • Exodus 13:9-10

    And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt. Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.

  • 1 Corinthians 5:7-8

    Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

  • Leviticus 23:4-5

    These are the feasts of the Lord, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons. In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord’s passover.

  • Exodus 12:43

    And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:

  • Deuteronomy 16:1

    Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God: for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

  • Matthew 26:13

    Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.

  • Deuteronomy 16:11

    And thou shalt rejoice before the Lord thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the Lord thy God hath chosen to place his name there.

  • Psalms 111:4

    He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the Lord is gracious and full of compassion.

  • Exodus 5:1

    And afterward Moses and Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Let my people go, that they may hold a feast unto me in the wilderness.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
memorial.
13:9; Nu 16:40; Jos 4:7; Ps 111:4; 135:13; Zec 6:14; Mt 26:13
Lu 22:19; 1Co 11:23-26
a feast.
5:1; De 16:11; Ne 8:9-12
by an ordinance.
17,24,43; 13:10; Le 23:4,5; Nu 10:8; 18:8; De 16:1; 1Sa 30:25
2Ki 23:21; Eze 46:14; 1Co 5:7,8

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Context

  • Exodus 12:13

    And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.

  • Exodus 12:14

    And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

  • Exodus 12:15

    Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

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Exodus 12:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y este día os ha de ser en memoria, y habéis de celebrarlo como solemne á Jehová durante vuestras generaciones: por estatuto perpetuo lo celebraréis.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et ce jour-là vous sera en mémorial, et vous le célébrerez comme une fête à l’ Éternel; vous le célébrerez en vos générations comme un statut perpétuel.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und dieser Tag soll euch zum Gedächtnis sein, und ihr sollt ihn feiern als Fest dem Jehova; als ewige Satzung bei euren Geschlechtern sollt ihr ihn feiern.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Habebitis autem hunc diem in monimentum: et celebrabitis eam solemnem Domino in generationibus vestris cultu sempiterno.