ANd the Lord spake] That which here followeth, (touching the institution of the Passeover, and sprinkling of the bloud of the Paschall Lambe) was spoken by God to Moses, and by Moses to the people, before the slaughter of the first-borne; (as is plaine by the 12. 22. &23. verses of this Chapter) but it is here placed after it, that the plagues (which passed upon them before their departure) being brought in together, the departure it selfe, and the ensuing passages might proceed in their order.