Exodus 12 · Verse 42

Exodus 12:42

It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.
Exodus 12:42, King James Version

Exodus 12:42 in other translations

BSBBecause the LORD kept a vigil that night to bring them out of the land of Egypt, this same night is to be a vigil to the LORD, to be observed by all the Israelites for the generations to come.
WEBIt is a night to be much observed to the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt. This is that night of the LORD, to be much observed by all the children of Israel throughout their generations.
ASVIt is a night to be much observed unto Jehovah for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of Jehovah, to be much observed of all the children of Israel throughout their generations.
YLTA night of watchings it is to Jehovah, to bring them out from the land of Egypt; it is this night to Jehovah of watchings to all the sons of Israel to their generations.
DARBYIt is a night of observance to Jehovah, because of their being brought out from the land of Egypt: that same night is an observance to Jehovah for all the children of Israel in their generations.
BBEIt is a watch-night before the Lord who took them out of the land of Egypt: this same night is a watch-night to the Lord for all the children of Israel, through all their generations.
WebsterIt is a night to be much observed to the LORD, for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed by all the children of Israel in their generations.

What does Exodus 12:42 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 42 A night to be much observed - A night to be held in everlasting remembrance, because of the peculiar display of the power and goodness of God, the observance of which annually was to be considered a religious precept while the Jewish nation should continue.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 12:37-42

The children of Israel set forward without delay. A mixed multitude went with them. Some, perhaps, willing to leave their country, laid waste by plagues; others, out of curiosity; perhaps a few out of love to them and their religion. But there were always those among the Israelites who were not Israelites. Thus there are still hypocrites in the church. This great event was 430 years from the promise made to Abraham…

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Exodus 12:42 in the original Hebrew

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לֵ֣ילleil[was] a night ofH3915
שִׁמֻּרִ֥יםshi.mu.Rimvigil<s>H8107
הוּא֙hu'itH1931
לַֽיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehfor YahwehH3068
לְהוֹצִיאָ֖םle.ho.tzi.'Amto bring out themH3318
מֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776
מִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
הֽוּא\־hu'-itH1931
הַלַּ֤יְלָהha.Lay.lahthe nightH3915
הַזֶּה֙ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
לַֽיהוָ֔הla.Yah.wehfor YahwehH3068
שִׁמֻּרִ֛יםshi.mu.Rimvigil<s>H8107
לְכָל\־le.kholfor allH3605
בְּנֵ֥יbe.Nei[the] people ofH1121
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
לְדֹרֹתָֽם\׃\ \פle.do.ro.Tamto generations theirH1755

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 12:42

  • 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.

  • Deuteronomy 16:1-6

    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. Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there. Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life. And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning. …

  • Exodus 13:10

    Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a night to be much observed. Heb. a night of observations.observed.
14; De 16:1-6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Exodus 12:41

    And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the Lord went out from the land of Egypt.

  • Exodus 12:42

    It is a night to be much observed unto the Lord for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the Lord to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.

  • Exodus 12:43

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

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Exodus 12:42 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Es noche de guardar á Jehová, por haberlos sacado en ella de la tierra de Egipto. Esta noche deben guardar á Jehová todos los hijos de Israel en sus generaciones.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		C’est une nuit à garder pour l’ Éternel, parce qu’il les a fait sortir du pays d’Égypte; – cette nuit-là est à garder pour l’ Éternel par tous les fils d’Israël, en leurs générations.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Dies ist eine Nacht, die dem Jehova zu beobachten ist, weil er sie aus dem Lande Ägypten herausführte; diese selbige Nacht ist dem Jehova zu beobachten von allen Kindern Israel bei ihren Geschlechtern.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nox ista est observabilis Domini, quando eduxit eos de terra Ægypti: hanc observare debent omnes filii Israël in generationibus suis.