Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving.
Parallel translations
- WEB Today you go out in the month Abib.
- KJV This day came ye out in the month Abib.
- NKJV On this day you are going out, in the month Abib.
- NASB On this day in the month of Abib, you are about to go out from here.
- NLT On this day in early spring, in the month of Abib, you have been set free.
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Quick answer
Moses notes that they are going out in the month Abib.
Overview
The departure occurs in Abib (later Nisan), the spring month God appointed as the first of the year. Naming the month anchors the redemption in real time and ties it to the annual feast Israel will keep. The specificity reflects that God's saving acts happen in history and are to be commemorated at their appointed season.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Exod 34:18You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.
- Exod 23:15You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.
- Exod 12:2“This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.
- Deut 16:1–3Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
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