Exodus 12
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Summary
The Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread are instituted by the Lord. The Israelites slay lambs and paint their blood on their doorposts. The firstborn of the Egyptians are killed and the Israelite firstborns are saved by the blood. The Israelites flee Egypt after many years of bondage.
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| (33) And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We be all dead men. | (33) And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, For we have found our firstborn all dead, therefore get ye out of the land lest we die also. |
| (36) And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians. | (36) And the Lord gave the people favour in the sight of the Egyptians, so that they lent unto them such things as they required. And they spoiled the Egyptians. |
| (37) And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. | (37) And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand men on foot that were men, besides women and children. |
Commentary
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Wally Breitenstein, “Exodus 7–13,” in Exodus, Old Testament Minute Commentary Series, ed. Taylor Halverson (Springville, UT: Book of Mormon Central, 2021).
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Further Reading
Book of Mormon Central, “How Could So Many People Have Died at the Battle of Cumorah? (Mormon 6:14)” KnoWhy 231 (November 15, 2016).
Book of Mormon Central, “Why is Lehi Depicted as Similar to Moses? (2 Nephi 3:9-10)” KnoWhy 268 (January 30, 2017).
Book of Mormon Central, “What Does the Book of Mormon Teach about Families? (Mosiah 25:12)” KnoWhy 382 (November 16, 2017).
Edward J. Brandt, “The Law of Moses and the Law of Christ,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The Old Testament, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson (Provo: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 2005), 133–153.
S. Kent. Brown, “The Exodus Pattern in the Book of Mormon,” BYU Studies 30, no. 3 (1990): 111–126.
S. Kent Brown, “Trust in the Lord: Exodus and Faith,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The Old Testament, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company; Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2005), 154–63.
Paul Y. Hoskisson, “The Plan of Salvation in the First Six Books of the Old Testament,” in The Gospel of Jesus Christ in the Old Testament (Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, 2009), 48–66.
Russel M. Nelson, “Remnants Gathered, Covenants Fulfilled,” in Sperry Symposium Classics: The Old Testament, ed. Paul Y. Hoskisson (Provo and Salt Lake City: Religious Studies Center, Brigham Young University, and Deseret Book, 2005), 1–17.
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