The Meaning of Exodus 13:4 Explained

Exodus 13:4

KJV: This day came ye out in the month Abib.

YLT: To-day ye are going out, in the month of Abib.

Darby: Ye come out to-day, in the month Abib.

ASV: This day ye go forth in the month Abib.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

This day  came ye out  in the month  Abib. 

What does Exodus 13:4 Mean?

Study Notes

Abib
First month, i.e. April.

Context Summary

Exodus 13:1-16 - The First-Born Set Apart Unto Jehovah
Two Hebrew customs dated from the Exodus-first, the dedication of the first-born to God's service, and second, the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover must be killed. See Luke 22:7. The first-born had been especially redeemed and so were especially God's. On them all was branded the one brief word Mine. What a lesson for us all who have been redeemed by the precious blood of Christ. We are His by right of purchase; we ought to be His by our own choice and indwelt by His Spirit. Whenever we take up this position with regard to God, we may count on His strong hand. In after years the first-born sons, who performed the priestly rites, were replaced by Levites, Numbers 3:11-13; but still they were ransomed by a slain lamb. Every first-born son lived because a lamb died. In this he stood on the same level as the firstling of an ass. What a parable is here! See Romans 3:22; Romans 10:12. [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 13

1  The firstborn are sanctified to God
3  The memorial of the Passover is commanded
11  The firstborn of man and beast are set apart
17  The Israelites go out of Egypt, and carry Joseph's bones with them
20  They come to Etham
21  God guides them by a pillar of a cloud, and a pillar of fire

What do the individual words in Exodus 13:4 mean?

On this day you are going out in the month Abib
הַיּ֖וֹם אַתֶּ֣ם יֹצְאִ֑ים בְּחֹ֖דֶשׁ הָאָבִֽיב

הַיּ֖וֹם  On  this  day 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
יֹצְאִ֑ים  are  going  out 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
בְּחֹ֖דֶשׁ  in  the  month 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: חֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: the new moon, month, monthly.
הָאָבִֽיב  Abib 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָבִיב  
Sense: fresh, young barley ears, barley.

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