Exodus 12:6

What does Exodus 12:6 mean?

A plain-English look at Exodus 12:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at even.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at even.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Keep it till the fourteenth day of the same month, when everyone who is of the children of Israel is to put it to death between sundown and dark.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`And it hath become a charge to you, until the fourteenth day of this month, and the whole assembly of the company of Israel have slaughtered it between the evenings;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; and the whole multitude of the children of Israel shall sacrifice it in the evening.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; and the whole congregation of the assembly of Israel shall kill it between the two evenings.

Context

v.5Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old: ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats:

v.6This passage

v.7And they shall take of the blood, and put it on the two side-posts and on the lintel, upon the houses wherein they shall eat it.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Exodus 12:18

    In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.

  • Mark 15:1

    And straightway in the morning the chief priests with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, held a consultation, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.

  • Leviticus 23:5

    In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, is Jehovah’s passover.

  • Mark 15:25

    And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.

  • Numbers 28:18

    In the first day shall be a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work;

  • Numbers 28:16

    And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is Jehovah’s passover.

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