Exodus 12:50

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Exodus 12:50 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Thus did all the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Thus did all the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
Exodus 12:50 — American Standard Version

Context — Exodus 12

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
50Thus did all the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Thus did all the children of Israel, etc.] They slew a lamb, and roasted and ate it, with unleavened bread, and bitter herbs, and took a bunch of hyssop, and dipped it in the blood, and struck the lintel and the side posts of the doors of their houses: this they did on the night of their deliverance out of Egypt: as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they; being instructed by them; which is an instance of their ready and cheerful obedience to the divine will, which they were under great obligation to perform, from a grateful sense of the wonderful mercy and favour they now were made partakers of.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“as the Lord: Deu 4:1, Deu 4:2, Deu 12:32; Mat 7:24, Mat 7:25, Mat 28:20; Joh 2:5, Joh 13:17, Joh 15:14; Rev 22:15, by their armies, Exo 12:41, Exo 6:26, Exo 7:4 Next: Exodus Chapter 13”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“Exo 12:50 closes the instructions concerning the Passover with the statement that the Israelites carried them out, viz., in after times (e.g., Num 9:5); and in Exo 12:51 the account of the exodus from Egypt is also brought to a close. All that Jehovah promised to Moses in Exo 6:6 and Exo 6:26 had now been fulfilled. But although v. 51 is a concluding formula, and so belongs to the account just closed, Abenezra was so far right in wishing to connect this verse with the commencement of the following chapter, that such concluding formulae generally serve to link together the different incidents, and therefore not only wind up what goes before, but introduce what has yet to come. Next: Exodus…”
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