Exodus 12:2
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Exodus 12:2 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Exodus 12:2 is a verse from the book of Exodus in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Exodus 12:2 — 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 (KJV)
Exodus 12:2 in Context — About the Book of Exodus
Exodus tells the defining rescue story of the Old Testament: God hears the cry of enslaved Israel, breaks Pharaoh's grip through ten plagues, parts the Red Sea, and meets His people at Sinai. It reveals God as deliverer, covenant-maker, and the One who dwells among His people.
Cross-References for Exodus 12:2
“And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;”
Shares key themes with Exodus 12:2: month, beginning, months
“And it came to pass in the six hundredth and first year, in the first month, the first day of the month, the waters were dried up from off the earth: and Noah removed the covering of the ark, and looked, and, behold, the face of the ground was dry.”
Shares key themes with Exodus 12:2: month, first, year
“And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go. a few...: or, a full year, or ten months”
Shares key themes with Exodus 12:2: month, months, year
“And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first day of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,”
Shares key themes with Exodus 12:2: month, first, year
“And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.”
Shares key themes with Exodus 12:2: month, first, year
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