Exodus 12 · Verse 22

Exodus 12:22

And 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.
Exodus 12:22, King James Version

Exodus 12:22 in other translations

BSBTake a cluster of hyssop, dip it into the blood in the basin, and brush the blood on the top and sides of the doorframe. None of you shall go out the door of his house until morning.
WEBYou shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two door posts with the blood that is in the basin. None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.
ASVAnd ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.
YLTand ye have taken a bunch of hyssop, and have dipped it in the blood which is in the basin, and have struck it on the lintel, and on the two side-posts, from the blood which is in the basin, and ye, ye go not out each from the opening of his house till morning.
DARBYAnd take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and smear the lintel and the two door-posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.
BBEAnd take some hyssop and put it in the blood in the basin, touching the two sides and the top of the doorway with the blood from the basin; and let not one of you go out of his house till the morning.
WebsterAnd ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood that is in the basin: and none of you shall go out at the door of his house till the morning.

What does Exodus 12:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 12:21-25

21-25. Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, &c.--Here are given special directions for the observance.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 A bunch of hyssop - The original word אזוב ezob has been variously translated musk, rosemary, polypody of the wall, mint, origanum, marjoram, and Hyssop: the latter seems to be the most proper. Parkhurst says it is named from its detersive and cleansing qualities, whence it was used in sprinkling the blood of the paschal lamb, in cleansing the leprosy, Lev 14:4, Lev 14:6, Lev 14:51, Lev 14:52; in composing the water of purification, Num 19:6, and sprinkling it, Num 19:18. It was a type of the purifying virtue of the bitter sufferings of Christ. And it is plain, from Psa 51:7, that the psalmist understood its meaning. Among botanists hyssop is described as "a genus of the gymnospermia (naked-seeded) order, belonging to the didynamia class of plants. It has under-shrubby, low, bushy stalks, growing a foot and a half high, small, spear-shaped, close-sitting, opposite leaves, with several smaller ones rising from the same joint; and all the stalks and branches terminated by erect whorled spikes of flowers of different colors, in the varieties of the plant. The leaves have an aromatic smell, and a warm pungent taste. The leaves of this plant are particularly recommended in humoral asthmas, and other disorders of the breast and lungs, and greatly promote expectoration." Its medicinal qualities were probably the reason why this plant was so particularly recommended in the Scriptures.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 12:21-28

That night, when the first-born were to be destroyed, no Israelite must stir out of doors till called to march out of Egypt. Their safety was owing to the blood of sprinkling. If they put themselves from under the protection of that, it was at their peril. They must stay within, to wait for the salvation of the Lord; it is good to do so. In after-times they should carefully teach their children the meaning of this…

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Exodus 12:22 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.

וּלְקַחְתֶּ֞םu.le.kach.Temand you will takeH3947
אֲגֻדַּ֣ת'a.gu.Data bunch ofH92
אֵז֗וֹב'e.ZovhyssopH231
וּטְבַלְתֶּם֮u.te.val.Temand you will dip [it]H2881
בַּדָּ֣םba.Damin the bloodH1818
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
בַּסַּף֒ba.Saf[is] in the basinH5592
וְהִגַּעְתֶּ֤םve.hi.ga'.Temand you will make touchH5060
אֶל\־'el-<to>H413
הַמַּשְׁקוֹף֙ha.mash.kOfthe lintelsH4947
וְאֶל\־ve.'el-and <to>H413
שְׁתֵּ֣יshe.Tei[the] twoH8147
הַמְּזוּזֹ֔תha.me.zu.Zotthe doorpostsH4201
מִן\־min-some ofH4480
הַדָּ֖םha.Damthe bloodH1818
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
בַּסָּ֑ףba.Saf[is] in the basinH5592
וְאַתֶּ֗םve.'a.Temand youH859
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
תֵצְא֛וּte.tze.'Uyou will go outH3318
אִ֥ישׁ'ishanyoneH376
מִפֶּֽתַח\־mi.pe.tach-from [the] door ofH6607
בֵּית֖וֹbei.Tohouse hisH1004
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
בֹּֽקֶר\׃Bo.kermorningH1242

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Cross references for Exodus 12:22

  • Hebrews 11:28

    Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, lest he that destroyed the firstborn should touch them.

  • Psalms 51:7

    Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

  • 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.

  • Numbers 19:18

    And a clean person shall take hyssop, and dip it in the water, and sprinkle it upon the tent, and upon all the vessels, and upon the persons that were there, and upon him that touched a bone, or one slain, or one dead, or a grave:

  • Hebrews 9:14

    How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

  • Hebrews 9:19

    For when Moses had spoken every precept to all the people according to the law, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,

  • Hebrews 9:1

    Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.

  • Leviticus 14:6-7

    As for the living bird, he shall take it, and the cedar wood, and the scarlet, and the hyssop, and shall dip them and the living bird in the blood of the bird that was killed over the running water: And he shall sprinkle upon him that is to be cleansed from the leprosy seven times, and shall pronounce him clean, and shall let the living bird loose into the open field.

  • Matthew 26:30

    And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

  • 1 Peter 1:2

    Elect 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 12:24

    And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a bunch.
Le 14:6,7; Nu 19:18; Ps 51:7; Heb 9:1,14,19; 11:28; 12:24; 1Pe 1:2
hyssop. The word {aizov,} which has been variously rendered, most probably denotes Hyssop; whence are derived the Chaldee {aizova,} Syriac {zupha,} Arabic {zupha,} Ethiopic {azab,} and {hushopa,} Greek [`ussopos,] hussopos ,] Latin {hyssopus,} German {usop,} and our hyssop, a name retained, with little variation, in all the western languages. It is a plant of the gymnospermia (naked seeded) order, belonging to the didynamia class. It has bushy stalks, growing a foot and a half high; small spear-shaped, close-sitting, and opposite leaves, with several smaller ones rising from the same joint; and all the stalks and branches terminated by erect whorled spikes of flowers, of different colours in the varieties of the plant. The leaves have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. Its detersive, cleansing, and medicinal qualities were probably the reason why it was so particularly recommended in Scripture.
strike.
7
and none.
Mt 26:30

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Context

  • Exodus 12:21

    Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.

  • Exodus 12:22

    And 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.

  • Exodus 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.

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Exodus 12:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y tomad un manojo de hisopo, y mojadle en la sangre que estará en una jofaina, y untad el dintel y los dos postes con la sangre que estará en la jofaina; y ninguno de vosotros salga de las puertas de su casa hasta la mañana.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et vous prendrez un bouquet d’hysope, et vous le tremperez dans le sang qui sera dans le bassin; et du sang qui sera dans le bassin, vous aspergerez le linteau et les deux poteaux; et nul d’entre vous ne sortira de la porte de sa maison, jusqu’au matin.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und nehmet einen Büschel Ysop und tauchet ihn in das Blut, das in dem Becken ist, und streichet von dem Blute, das in dem Becken ist, an die Oberschwelle und an die beiden Pfosten; ihr aber, keiner von euch soll zur Türe seines Hauses hinausgehen bis an den Morgen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Fasciculumque hyssopi tingite in sanguine qui est in limine, et aspergite ex eo superliminare, et utrumque postem: nullus vestrum egrediatur ostium domus suæ usque mane.