28 The Israelites did just what the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron.

Other Translations of Exodus 12:28

King James Version

28 And the children of Israel went away, and did as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.

English Standard Version

28 Then the people of Israel went and did so; as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

The Message

28 The Israelites then went and did what God had commanded Moses and Aaron. They did it all.

New King James Version

28 Then the children of Israel went away and did so; just as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.

New Living Translation

28 So the people of Israel did just as the Lord had commanded through Moses and Aaron.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 12:28

Commentary on Exodus 12:21-28

(Read Exodus 12:21-28)

That night, when the first-born were to be destroyed, no Israelite must stir out of doors till called to march out of Egypt. Their safety was owing to the blood of sprinkling. If they put themselves from under the protection of that, it was at their peril. They must stay within, to wait for the salvation of the Lord; it is good to do so. In after-times they should carefully teach their children the meaning of this service. It is good for children to ask about the things of God; they that ask for the way will find it. The keeping of this solemnity every year was, 1. To look backward, that they might remember what great things God had done for them and their fathers. Old mercies, to ourselves, or to our fathers, must not be forgotten, that God may be praised, and our faith in him encouraged. 2. It was designed to look forward, as an earnest of the great sacrifice of the Lamb of God in the fulness of time. Christ our passover was sacrificed for us; his death was our life.