"It {is} a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this {is} that night of …" — Exodus 12:42

Exodus 12:42 · KJV

“It {is} a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this {is} that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations. {a night...: Heb. a night of observations}”

— Exodus 12:42

Verse 41

And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

Verse 43

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

Exodus 12 — Context

Now the sojourning of the children of Israel, who dwelt in Egypt, {was} four hundred and thirty years.

And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.

It {is} a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this {is} that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations. {a night...: Heb. a night of observations}

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

But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

Cross References

Exodus 12:14

And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.

Deuteronomy 16:1-6

Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.

Exodus 13:10

Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.