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The Month of New Growth
Commentators unanimously explain that the Hebrew word "Abib" means "green ears of corn" or "young wheat." This name, later replaced by the Babylonian name Nisan, places the Exodus squarely in the springtime (our March/April), tying Israel's redemption to the agricultural season of new growth and life.
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 13:4
18th Century
Theologian
Abib - April. Compare Exodus 12:2. It is uncertain whether this name was ancient or given then for the first time. It is found only in the P…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 13:4
19th Century
Bishop
The month Abib. —Abib means “green ears of corn,” or “greenness;” and the month of Abib was that in which the wheat came into ear,…
John Calvin
On Exodus 13:4
16th Century
Theologian
This day came ye out. He compares the day of their coming out with the whole time of their dwelling in the land of Canaan, as if he had sa…
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John Gill
On Exodus 13:4
17th Century
Pastor
This day came you out
Out of Egypt, on the fifteenth of Nisan, as the Targum of Jonathan: in the month A…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 13:1–10
17th Century
Minister
In remembrance of the destruction of the first-born of Egypt, both of man and beast, and the deliverance of the Israelites out of bondage, the firs…