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NASB					Ex 12:11 'Now you shall eat³⁹⁸ it in this³⁶⁰² manner³⁶⁰²: with your loins⁴⁹⁷⁵ girded²²⁹⁶, your sandals⁵²⁷⁵ on your feet⁷²⁷², and your staff⁴⁷³¹ in your hand³⁰²⁷; and you shall eat³⁹⁸ it in haste²⁶⁴⁹--it is ^Athe LORD'S³⁰⁶⁸ Passover⁶⁴⁵³.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Ex 12:11 'Now you are to eat it in this manner: [be prepared for a journey] with your ¹loins girded [that is, with the outer garment tucked into the band], your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; you shall eat it quickly--it is the LORD'S Passover.

Amplified 2015 Translator's Notes:
Literal renderings, alternate translations or explanations.

A variation of a phrase often found in the Bible that is an urgent call to get ready for immediate action, or to prepare for a coming action or event. The phrase is related to the type of clothing worn in ancient times. To keep from impeding the wearer during any vigorous activity, e.g. battle, exercise, strenuous work, etc., the loose ends of garments (tunics, cloaks, mantles, etc.) had to be gathered up and tucked into the girdle. The girdle was a band about six inches wide that had fasteners in front. It was worn around the loins (the midsection of the body between the lower ribs and the hips) and was normally made of leather. The girdle (band) also served as a kind of pocket or pouch and was used to carry personal items such as a dagger, money or other necessary things. Gird up your mind or gird up your heart are examples of variants of this phrase and call for mental or spiritual preparation for a coming challenge.

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Ex 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.

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Greek Heb.

398

akal (37a); a prim. root; to eat:--ate(76), certainly have eaten(1), certainly not eat(1), consume(30), consumed(30), consumes(9), consuming(9), devour(38), devour you will be devoured(1), devoured(30), devourer(2), devouring(3), devours(7), dine(1), eat(398), eat freely(1), eaten(66), eaten at all(2), eaten freely(1), eater(2), eater's(1), eating(25), eats(29), edible(2), enjoys(2), entirely consumed(1), feast(1), fed(8), feed(10), food(4), give him to eat(1), had(2), has enough(1), lived off(1), meal*(1), moth-eaten*(1), plenty to eat(1), reduces(1), shared*(1), tasting(1), took space away(1), use(1).

2296

chagar (291c); a prim. root; to gird, gird on, gird oneself:--armed(3), bound(1), come trembling(1), dressed*(1), gird(11), gird yourselves(2), girded(15), girds(3), put(4), wearing(3).

2649

chippazon (342a); from 2648; trepidation, hurried flight:--haste(3).

3027

yad (388d); a prim. root; hand:--abandon*(1), able(1), able*(1), addition*(1), afford*(4), against*(3), allegiance(1), allegiance*(1), along(1), alongside*(1), armpits*(1), arms(5), around(2), assist(1), assuredly(2), authority(9), axles(2), bank(1), banks(1), because(1), become*(1), beside(3), beside*(8), boldly*(2), bordered*(1), borders(1), bounty(3), care(7), charge(7), close*(1), coast(1), command(3), compulsion*(3), consecrate*(3), consecrated*(4), control(1), courage*(1), creditor*(1), custody(4), debt(1), defiantly*(1), delivered(1), deserved*(1), direction(10), directions(1), discouraged*(2), discouraging*(1), do(1), done(2), encourage*(1), encouraged*(3), enough(1), entrust*(1), entrusted(1), entrusted*(1), exhausted*(2), fist(1), force(1), four-fifths*(1), guarantor*(1), had(1), hand(859), handed(1), hands(303), hands*(1), have*(1), help*(1), helpless*(1), herself(1), himself(1), hold*(1), human agency(1), idle*(1), influence(1), jaws(1), labor(1), large*(2), leadership(1), left-handed*(2), let go*(1), lose courage*(1), manhood(1), means(11), means*(3), memorial(1), monument(2), much(1), much as he is able(1), much as one is able(1), next(2), next*(13), occasion(1), ordain*(4), ordained*(4), order(1), ordination*(1), part(1), parts(2), paw(2), place(4), pledged*(1), possess*(1), possession(4), power(44), prepared(1), prevailed*(1), reached*(1), rebelled*(2), reined about*(1), representative(1), responsible*(1), rule(5), seized*(2), service(1), side(5), sides(1), signpost(1), slackness*(1), some(1), spacious*(1), stays(2), strength(5), submitted*(1), support(1), support*(1), swore*(12), sworn*(4), tenons(6), through(60), times(2), undertake*(2), undertakings*(3), what he deserves*(1), wrists(3), wrists*(1), yield*(1), yourselves(2).

3068

Yhvh (i.e.Yehovah or Yahveh) [217d]; from 1933b; the proper name of the God of Israel:--GOD(314), LORD(6399), LORD'S(111).

3602

kakah (462b); from 3541; thus:--even so(1), just so(3), like this(1), so(5), this(1), this manner(2), this regard(1), thus(21).

4731

maqqel or
maqqelah (596b); of unc. der.; a rod, staff:--rod(1), rods(6), staff(5), staffs(1), stick(2), sticks(1), wand(1), war clubs(1).

4975

mothen (608a); from an unused word; loins:--back(1), body(1), heart(1), herself(1), hips(1), loins(32), rooster(1), side(1), strutting*(1), waist(7).

5275

naal or
naalah (653a); from 5274a; a sandal, shoe:--dry-shod(1), sandal(7), sandals(9), shoe(2), shoes(3).

6453

pesach (820a); from 6452a; passover:--Passover(46), Passover offerings(3).

7272

regel (919c); of unc. der.; foot:--accompany*(1), after(1), attended*(1), feet(139), follow(2), followed(2), following(1), foot(60), footstep*(1), footsteps(1), footstool*(6), four-footed*(1), haunt(1), heels(1), hoof*(1), journey(1), legs(5), pace(2), relieve*(1), relieving*(1), step(1), steps(2), swift-footed*(1), times(4), toes*(2), turned(1).

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