Exodus 12:2 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.”

Exodus 12:2 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Exodus 12:2 in 6 Bible Translations

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Exodus 12:2 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

““This month shall be to you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year to you.”

Exodus 12:2 — World English Bible

Exodus 12:2 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.”

Exodus 12:2 — American Standard Version

Exodus 12:2 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`This month <FI>is<Fi> to you the chief of months--it <FI>is<Fi> the first to you of the months of the year;”

Exodus 12:2 — Young's Literal Translation

Exodus 12:2 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.”

Exodus 12:2 — Darby Translation

Exodus 12:2 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“This moneth shalbe vnto you the beginning of moneths: it shalbe to you the first moneth of the yere.”

Exodus 12:2 — Geneva Bible

Exodus 12:2 in Context — Exodus 12

1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,

2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:

4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.

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What Does Exodus 12:2 Mean?

Exodus 12:2 is a verse from the Book of Exodus, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Exodus chapter 12. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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