Exodus 12:11

And thus shall ye eat it; [with] your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it [is] the LORD'S passover.

And thus {H3602} shall ye eat {H398} it; with your loins {H4975} girded {H2296}, your shoes {H5275} on your feet {H7272}, and your staff {H4731} in your hand {H3027}; and ye shall eat {H398} it in haste {H2649}: it is the LORD'S {H3068} passover {H6453}.

"'Here is how you are to eat it: with your belt fastened, your shoes on your feet and your staff in your hand; and you are to eat it hurriedly. It is ADONAI's Pesach [Passover].

This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.

And thus shall ye eat it: with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is Jehovah’s passover.

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 12:27 (8 votes)

    That ye shall say, It [is] the sacrifice of the LORD'S passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.

  • Ephesians 6:15 (7 votes)

    And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;

  • 1 Corinthians 5:7 (7 votes)

    ¶ Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

  • 1 Peter 1:13 (6 votes)

    ¶ Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;

  • Luke 12:35 (5 votes)

    Let your loins be girded about, and [your] lights burning;

  • Exodus 12:43 (4 votes)

    ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This [is] the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:

  • Numbers 28:16 (4 votes)

    ¶ And in the fourteenth day of the first month [is] the passover of the LORD.