Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 16:1

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1. Observe the month of Abib —or first-fruits. It comprehended the latter part of our March and the beginning of April. Green ears of the barley, which were then full, were offered as first-fruits, on the second day of the passover. for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee out of Egypt by night —This statement is apparently at variance with the prohibition ( :- ) as well as with the recorded fact that their departure took place in the morning ( Exodus 13:3 ; Numbers 33:3 ). But it is susceptible of easy reconciliation. Pharaoh's permission, the first step of emancipation, was extorted during the night, the preparations for departure commenced, the rendezvous at Rameses made, and the march entered on in the morning. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-2" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-deu-16-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/deu-16-1

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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