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Exodus 12:13

NETBible	The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, so that when I see¹ the blood I will pass over you,² and this plague³ will not fall on you to destroy you⁴ when I attack⁵ the land of Egypt.⁶
NIV © biblegateway Exo 12:13	The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt.
NASB © biblegateway Exo 12:13	‘The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live; and when I see the blood I will pass over you, and no plague will befall you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
NLT © biblegateway Exo 12:13	The blood you have smeared on your doorposts will serve as a sign. When I see the blood, I will pass over you. This plague of death will not touch you when I strike the land of Egypt.
MSG © biblegateway Exo 12:13	The blood will serve as a sign on the houses where you live. When I see the blood I will pass over you--no disaster will touch you when I strike the land of Egypt.
BBE © SABDAweb Exo 12:13	And the blood will be a sign on the houses where you are: when I see the blood I will go over you, and no evil will come on you for your destruction, when my hand is on the land of Egypt.
NRSV © bibleoremus Exo 12:13	The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live: when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
NKJV © biblegateway Exo 12:13	‘Now the blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you are . And when I see the blood, I will pass over you; and the plague shall not be on you to destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
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KJV	And the blood <01818> shall be to you for a token <0226> upon the houses <01004> where ye [are]: and when I see <07200> (8804) the blood <01818>_, I will pass <06452> (8804) over you, and the plague <05063> shall not be upon you to destroy <04889> [you], when I smite <05221> (8687) the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>_. {to destroy...: Heb. for a destruction}
NASB © biblegateway Exo 12:13	'The blood <01818> shall be a sign <0226> for you on the houses <01004> where <0834> <8033> you live; and when I see <07200> the blood <01818> I will pass <06452> over <05921> you, and no <03808> plague <05063> will befall <01961> you to destroy <07843> you when I strike <05221> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> .
LXXM	kai <2532> CONJ estai <1510> V-FMI-3S to <3588> T-NSN aima <129> N-NSN umin <4771> P-DP en <1722> PREP shmeiw <4592> N-DSN epi <1909> PREP twn <3588> T-GPF oikiwn <3614> N-GPF en <1722> PREP aiv <3739> R-DPF umeiv <4771> P-NP este <1510> V-PAI-2P ekei <1563> ADV kai <2532> CONJ oqomai <3708> V-FMI-1S to <3588> T-ASN aima <129> N-ASN kai <2532> CONJ skepasw {V-AAS-1S} umav <4771> P-AP kai <2532> CONJ ouk <3364> ADV estai <1510> V-FMI-3S en <1722> PREP umin <4771> P-DP plhgh <4127> N-NSF tou <3588> T-GSN ektribhnai {V-APN} otan <3752> ADV paiw <3817> V-PAI-1S en <1722> PREP gh <1065> N-DSF aiguptw <125> N-DSF
NET [draft] ITL	The blood <01818> will be <01961> a sign <0226> for you on <05921> the houses <01004> where <08033> <0834> you <0859> are, so that when I see <07200> the blood <01818> I will pass <06452> over <05921> you, and this plague <05063> will not <03808> fall <01961> on you to destroy <04889> you when I attack <05221> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> .
HEBREW	Myrum <04714> Urab <0776> ytkhb <05221> tyxsml <04889> Pgn <05063> Mkb <0> hyhy <01961> alw <03808> Mkle <05921> ytxopw <06452> Mdh <01818> ta <0853> ytyarw <07200> Ms <08033> Mta <0859> rsa <0834> Mytbh <01004> le <05921> tal <0226> Mkl <0> Mdh <01818> hyhw (12:13) <01961>

NETBible

The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are, so that when I see¹ the blood I will pass over you,² and this plague³ will not fall on you to destroy you⁴ when I attack⁵ the land of Egypt.⁶

NET Notes

¹tn Both of the verbs for seeing and passing over are perfect tenses with vav (ו) consecutives: וּפָסַחְתִּי…וְרָאִיתִי (vÿra’iti...ufasakhti); the first of these parallel verb forms is subordinated to the second as a temporal clause. See Gesenius’s description of perfect consecutives in the protasis and apodosis (GKC 494 §159.g).

²tn The meaning of the verb is supplied in part from the near context of seeing the sign and omitting to destroy, as well as the verb at the start of verse 12 “pass through, by, over.” Isa 31:5 says, “Just as birds hover over a nest, so the Lord who commands armies will protect Jerusalem. He will protect and deliver it; as he passes over he will rescue it.” The word does not occur enough times to enable one to delineate a clear meaning. It is probably not the same word as “to limp” found in 1 Kgs 18:21, 26, unless there is a highly developed category of meaning there.

³tn The word “plague” (נֶגֶף, negef) is literally “a blow” or “a striking.” It usually describes a calamity or affliction given to those who have aroused God’s anger, as in Exod 30:12; Num 8:19; 16:46, 47; Josh 22:17 (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 92-93).

⁴tn Heb “for destruction.” The form מַשְׁחִית (mashkhit) is the Hiphil participle of שָׁחַת (shakhat). The word itself is a harsh term; it was used to describe Yahweh’s destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Gen 13:10).

⁵tn בְּהַכֹּתִי (bÿhakkoti) is the Hiphil infinitive construct from נָכָה (nakhah), with a preposition prefixed and a pronominal suffix added to serve as the subjective genitive – the subject of this temporal clause. It is also used in 12:12.

⁶sn For additional discussions, see W. H. Elder, “The Passover,” RevExp 74 (1977): 511-22; E. Nutz, “The Passover,” BV 12 (1978): 23-28; H. M. Kamsler, “The Blood Covenant in the Bible,” Dor le Dor 6 (1977): 94-98; A. Rodriguez, Substitution in the Hebrew Cultus; B. Ramm, “The Theology of the Book of Exodus: A Reflection on Exodus 12:12,” SwJT 20 (1977): 59-68; and M. Gilula, “The Smiting of the First-Born: An Egyptian Myth?” TA 4 (1977): 94-85.