Exodus 12:21Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

And Moses called all the ancients of the children of Israel, and said to them: Go take a lamb by your families, and sacrifice the Phase.
Douay-Rheims

וַיִּקְרָ֥א מֹשֶׁ֛ה לְכָל־זִקְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲלֵהֶ֑ם מִֽשְׁכ֗וּ וּקְח֨וּ לָכֶ֥ם צֹ֛אן לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיכֶ֖ם וְשַׁחֲט֥וּ הַפָּֽסַח׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Wlastow G.K.

19th centuryCommentator

Up to verse 28, Moses relays to the Israelites the instructions he has recently received from the Lord. Cook interprets this repetition as a distinctive hallmark of Moses' authorship; a later compiler would have likely omitted such an approach. Instead, Moses, as a significant leader, documented both the revelations he encountered and the ways in which they were realized.

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