Exodus 12 Scofield
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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.
“passover”
The Passover, type of Christ our Redeemer Ex 12:1–28; John 1:29; 1 Cor 5:6; 1 Cor 5:7; 1 Pet 1:18; 1 Pet 1:19.
(1) The lamb must be without blemish, and to test this it was kept up for four days Ex 12:5; Ex 12:6. So our Lord's public life, under hostile scrutiny, was the testing which proved his holiness; Luke 11:53; Luke 11:54; John 8:46; John 18:38.
(2) The Lamb thus tested must be slain Ex 12:6; John 12:24; Heb 9:22.
(3) The blood must be applied Ex 12:7 This answers to appropriation by personal faith, and refutes universalism John 3:36.
(4) The blood thus applied of itself, without anything, constituted a perfect protection from judgment Ex 12:13; 1 John 1:7; Heb 10:10; Heb 10:14.
(5) The feast typified Christ as the bread of life, answering to the memorial supper. Matt 26:26–28; 1 Cor 11:23–26. To observe the feast was a duty and privilege, but not a condition of safety. As a matter of fact, the bread was not eaten by the Israelites on the night in which, nevertheless, they were preserved from the judgment upon the firstborn. Ex 12:34–39.
12:38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.
“mixed”
This mixed multitude, standing for unconverted church-members, was a source of weakness and division, then as now Num 11:4–6. (See Scofield "Num 11:4"). There had been a manifestation of divine power, and men were drawn to it without change of heart. CF. Luke 14:25–27.
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12:2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
“first month”
i.e. April.