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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/23.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/23.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />The LORD&#8217s Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/23.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“The LORD’s Passover begins at sundown on the fourteenth day of the first month.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight, is the LORD’s Passover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />In the fourteenth <i>day</i> of the first month at even <i>is</i> the LORD'S passover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />On the fourteenth <i>day</i> of the first month at twilight <i>is</i> the LORD’s Passover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight is the LORD’S Passover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight is the LORD&#8217S Passover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight is the LORD’S Passover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight is the Passover of Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The LORD’S Passover is on the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Passover to the LORD comes in the first month, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the month.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Passover to the LORD comes in the first month, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the month. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, is Jehovah's passover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, is the LORD'S passover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"The fourteenth day of the first month, in the evening, is the LORD's Passover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The Passover, celebrated to honor the LORD, begins at sunset on the fourteenth day of the first month. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"The LORD's Passover is to begin on the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, is a Passover offering to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is the LORD's Passover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />In the fourteenth day of the first month at evening is the LORD'S passover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, is Yahweh’s Passover. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />in the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the evenings, [is] the Passover to YHWH;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> in the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the evenings, is the passover to Jehovah;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />In the first month, in the fourteenth of the month, between the two evenings, the passover to Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The first month, the fourteenth day of the month at evening, is the phase of the Lord: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The first month, the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, is the Passover of the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The Passover of the LORD falls on the fourteenth day of the first month, at the evening twilight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, there shall be a passover offering to the LORD,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />On the fourteenth day of the first month at evening is the LORD'S passover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />In the first month in the fourteenth in the month, between evenings, is Passover to LORD JEHOVAH.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at dusk, is the LORD'S passover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, between the evening times is the Lord's passover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/23-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=6055" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/23.htm">The Passover Feast</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4</span>These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6453.htm" title="6453: pe·saḥ (N-ms) -- Passover. From pacach; a pretermission, i.e. Exemption; used only techically of the Jewish Passover.">The Passover</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bên (Prep) -- An interval, space between. ">begins at</a> <a href="/hebrew/6153.htm" title="6153: hā·‘ar·bā·yim (Art:: N-md) -- Evening. From arab; dusk.">twilight</a> <a href="/hebrew/702.htm" title="702: bə·’ar·bā·‘āh (Prep-b:: Number-ms) -- Four. Masculine oarbaah; from raba'; four.">on the fourteenth</a> <a href="/hebrew/6240.htm" title="6240: ‘ā·śār (Number-ms) -- Ten. For eser; ten, i.e. -teen; also -teenth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: la·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/7223.htm" title="7223: hā·ri·šō·wn (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Former, first, chief. Or riishon; from ri'shah; first, in place, time or rank.">of the first</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: ba·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">month.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-1.htm">Exodus 12:1-14</a></span><br />Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, / “This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year. / Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/9-1.htm">Numbers 9:1-5</a></span><br />In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai: / “The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time. / You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/28-16.htm">Numbers 28:16</a></span><br />The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-1.htm">Deuteronomy 16:1-8</a></span><br />Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. / You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name. / You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/5-10.htm">Joshua 5:10-12</a></span><br />On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover. / The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land. / And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-1.htm">2 Chronicles 30:1-5</a></span><br />Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel. / For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month, / since they had been unable to keep it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-1.htm">2 Chronicles 35:1-19</a></span><br />Then Josiah kept the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month. / He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD. / To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/6-19.htm">Ezra 6:19-22</a></span><br />On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover. / All the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves. / The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/45-21.htm">Ezekiel 45:21</a></span><br />On the fourteenth day of the first month you are to observe the Passover, a feast of seven days, during which unleavened bread shall be eaten.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-17.htm">Matthew 26:17-19</a></span><br />On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’” / So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-12.htm">Mark 14:12-16</a></span><br />On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him, / and whichever house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-7.htm">Luke 22:7-13</a></span><br />Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed. / Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.” / “Where do You want us to prepare it?” they asked. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/13-1.htm">John 13:1</a></span><br />It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7-8</a></span><br />Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. / Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-28.htm">Hebrews 11:28</a></span><br />By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/12-2.htm">Exodus 12:2-14,18</a></b></br> This month <i>shall be</i> unto you the beginning of months: it <i>shall be</i> the first month of the year to you… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/13-3.htm">Exodus 13:3-10</a></b></br> And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this <i>place</i>: there shall no leavened bread be eaten… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/23-15.htm">Exodus 23:15</a></b></br> Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/revelation/10-7.htm">Begins</a> <a href="/exodus/30-8.htm">Dusk</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-6.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/exodus/30-8.htm">Evenings</a> <a href="/exodus/12-18.htm">Fourteenth</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-13.htm">Jehovah's</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-4.htm">LORD's</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-29.htm">Month</a> <a href="/genesis/19-1.htm">Nightfall</a> <a href="/exodus/34-25.htm">Passover</a> <a href="/exodus/30-8.htm">Twilight</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/23-6.htm">Begins</a> <a href="/numbers/9-3.htm">Dusk</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-32.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/numbers/9-3.htm">Evenings</a> <a href="/numbers/9-5.htm">Fourteenth</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-9.htm">Jehovah's</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-6.htm">LORD's</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-6.htm">Month</a> <a href="/proverbs/7-9.htm">Nightfall</a> <a href="/numbers/9-2.htm">Passover</a> <a href="/numbers/9-3.htm">Twilight</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 23</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-1.htm">The feasts of the Lord</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-3.htm">the Sabbath</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-4.htm">The Passover</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-9.htm">The sheaf of firstfruits</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-15.htm">The feast of Pentecost</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-22.htm">Gleanings to be left for the poor</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-23.htm">The feast of trumpets</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-26.htm">The day of atonement</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-33.htm">The feast of tabernacles</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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It is a divinely instituted feast, commanded by God as a perpetual ordinance. The term "to the LORD" emphasizes that this observance is dedicated to God, highlighting its sacred nature. The Passover is a type of Christ, as Jesus is referred to as the "Lamb of God" (<a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a>), whose sacrifice brings deliverance from sin.<p><b>begins at twilight</b><br>Twilight marks the transition from day to night, symbolizing a time of change and new beginnings. In the context of Passover, it signifies the moment when the Israelites were to prepare for their departure from Egypt. The timing is precise, indicating the importance of obedience to God's instructions. This time of day also foreshadows the death of Christ, who was crucified and died as darkness fell (<a href="/matthew/27-45.htm">Matthew 27:45-46</a>).<p><b>on the fourteenth day</b><br>The fourteenth day of the month is significant as it marks the exact time God appointed for the Passover. This specificity underscores the importance of God's timing and order. The number fourteen can symbolize deliverance or salvation, aligning with the theme of the Israelites' liberation. It also connects to the genealogy of Jesus in <a href="/matthew/1.htm">Matthew 1</a>, where the generations are grouped in sets of fourteen, emphasizing His role as the promised deliverer.<p><b>of the first month</b><br>The first month, known as Nisan or Abib in the Hebrew calendar, is a time of new beginnings, as it coincides with spring. This period is agriculturally significant, marking the start of the barley harvest. Spiritually, it represents renewal and redemption, as the Israelites' journey to freedom began. The timing of Passover in the first month aligns with the resurrection of Christ, who rose from the dead during this season, offering new life to believers (<a href="/1_corinthians/15-20.htm">1 Corinthians 15:20-23</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who instituted the Passover as a perpetual ordinance for His people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/passover.htm">Passover (Pesach)</a></b><br>A significant Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites' deliverance from slavery in Egypt, marked by the sacrifice of a lamb.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who were commanded to observe the Passover as a remembrance of their liberation.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land of bondage from which the Israelites were delivered, symbolizing sin and oppression.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_first_month.htm">The First Month (Nisan/Abib)</a></b><br>The beginning of the Jewish religious calendar, marking the time of the Passover celebration.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_deliverance.htm">Understanding God's Deliverance</a></b><br>The Passover is a powerful reminder of God's deliverance from bondage. Just as the Israelites were freed from Egypt, believers are delivered from sin through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_obedience.htm">The Significance of Obedience</a></b><br>The precise timing and manner of the Passover observance underscore the importance of obedience to God's commands. Our faith is demonstrated through our willingness to follow God's instructions.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ_as_our_passover_lamb.htm">Christ as Our Passover Lamb</a></b><br>The Passover lamb foreshadows Jesus Christ, whose sacrifice brings ultimate deliverance from sin. Reflect on the depth of God's love and the cost of our redemption.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_remembrance.htm">The Importance of Remembrance</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites were to remember their deliverance annually, Christians are called to remember Christ's sacrifice through communion, keeping the significance of His death and resurrection central in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_the_light_of_redemption.htm">Living in the Light of Redemption</a></b><br>The Passover marks a new beginning for the Israelites. Similarly, believers are called to live as new creations, leaving behind the old life of sin and embracing the freedom found in Christ.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 23</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_easter_signify.htm">What does Easter signify?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_christians_celebrate_passover.htm">Is it appropriate for Christians to celebrate Passover?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_passover_lamb's_meaning.htm">What is the significance of the Passover Lamb?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_bible's_jewish_feasts.htm">What are the Jewish feasts and festivals in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">In the fourteenth day of the first month.</span>--This month is called <span class= "ital">Abib </span>in the Pentateuch (<a href="/exodus/13-4.htm" title="This day came you out in the month Abib.">Exodus 13:4</a>; <a href="/exodus/23-15.htm" title="You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread: (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it you came out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)">Exodus 23:15</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/16-1.htm" title="Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover to the LORD your God: for in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you forth out of Egypt by night.">Deuteronomy 16:1</a>), and <span class= "ital">Nisan </span>in the later books of Scripture (<a href="/nehemiah/2-1.htm" title="And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it to the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.">Nehemiah 2:1</a>; <a href="/esther/3-7.htm" title="In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, to the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.">Esther 3:7</a>). The fourteenth day of this month is about the beginning of April. On this day, which was called both "the preparation for the Passover" (<a href="/john/19-14.htm" title="And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he said to the Jews, Behold your King!">John 19:14</a>), and "the first day of Passover," all handicraftsmen, with the exception of tailors, barbers, and laundresses, were obliged to relinquish work either from morning or from noon, according to the custom of the different places in Palestine. Leaven was only eaten till midday, and it had to be burned in the afternoon. The time for desisting from and burning the leaven was thus indicated: "Two desecrated cakes of thanksgiving offerings were placed on a bench in the Temple; as long as they were thus exposed all the people ate leaven. When one of them was removed they abstained from eating, but did not burn it; but when the other was taken away all the people began burning the leaven." It was on this day that every Israelite who was not infirm, ceremonially defiled, uncircumcised, or beyond fifteen miles from the walls of Jerusalem, had to appear before the Lord in the holy city, with an offering in proportion to his means (<a href="/exodus/23-5.htm" title="If you see the ass of him that hates you lying under his burden, and would forbear to help him, you shall surely help with him.">Exodus 23:5</a>; <a href="/context/deuteronomy/16-16.htm" title="Three times in a year shall all your males appear before the LORD your God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:">Deuteronomy 16:16-17</a>). Those who came from the country were gratuitously accommodated by the inhabitants with the necessary apartments (<a href="/context/luke/22-10.htm" title="And he said to them, Behold, when you are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he enters in.">Luke 22:10-12</a>; <a href="/matthew/26-18.htm" title="And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say to him, The Master said, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at your house with my disciples.">Matthew 26:18</a>), and the guests in acknowledgment of the hospitality they received left to their hosts the skins of the paschal lambs, and the vessels which they used in their religious ceremonies. Josephus, who was an eye-witness to the fact, tells us that at the Passover, in the reign of Nero, there were 2,700,000 people, when 256,500 lambs were sacrificed. Most of the Jews must therefore have encamped in tents without the walls of the city, as the Mohammedan pilgrims now do at Mecca. It was for this reason that the Romans took great precaution, using both force and conciliatory measures, during the festivals (<a href="/matthew/26-5.htm" title="But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people.">Matthew 26:5</a>; <a href="/luke/13-1.htm" title="There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.">Luke 13:1</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord's passover.</span> The month of Nisan was made the first month of the religious year in consequence of the original Passover having taken place in it (<a href="/exodus/12-2.htm">Exodus 12:2</a>). On the occasion of the first, or Egyptian, Passover, all heads of a family, either singly or two or three heads of families in conjunction, provided themselves with a lamb or a kid on the 10th day of Nisan, killed it in the evening of the 14th, and, taking a bunch of hyssop, dipped it in the blood and struck the lintel and two side posts of the doors of their houses with the blood. They then roasted the animal whole for eating, added to it unleavened bread, and garnished it with bitter herbs. They made themselves ready to eat it by dressing themselves for a journey, "with their loins girded, their shoes on their feet, and their staff in their hands" (<a href="/exodus/12-11.htm">Exodus 12:11</a>), and thus they ate it in haste, in a standing position. The meaning of the ceremony is explained by what was taking place at the same time. On the same night, after the blood had been sprinkled upon the lintel and side posts, God slew the firstborn of all who had not exhibited this symbol of their having been brought into covenant with himself, and the Israelites set off hurriedly on their departure from Egypt. It was commanded that the day should be kept hereafter in like manner as a memorial, and that the following seven days should be kept as a Feast of Unleavened Bread (<a href="/exodus/12-14.htm">Exodus 12:14, 15</a>). This command is here concisely repeated, as it is again repeated in <a href="/deuteronomy/16-1.htm">Deuteronomy 16:1-8</a>. One very considerable change was, however, necessarily made in the method of its observance. Originally, each head of a household or combination of households sacrificed the lamb himself, and sprinkled the blood upon the doorposts and lintel. But after the establishment of the Aaronic priesthood and the withdrawal of the priestly authority previously vested in each head of a house (chapters 8, 9), and after the stringent prohibition of sacrificing elsewhere than in the court of the tabernacle had been issued (chapter 17), this could not continue. Accordingly, we find in the Book of Deuteronomy the direct injunction, "Thou mayest not sacrifice the Passover within any of thy gates, which the Lord thy God giveth thee: but at the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his Name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the Passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt" (<a href="/deuteronomy/16-5.htm">Deuteronomy 16:5, 6</a>). A result from this rule was that every male Israelite had to present himself at Jerusalem, and there slay his lamb on the day of the Passover, which in the time of Nero, brought between two and three million pilgrims to Jerusalem each year. The crowd of pilgrims took their way to the temple, and were admitted into the court in three divisions. There they slew each man his lamb, while the priests offered the blood on the altar, and the Levites sang the Hallel (<a href="/psalms/113.htm">Psalm 113-118</a>). Then they bore away the lambs, roasted them whole on a spit of pomegranate wood, taking care that no bone should be broken, and prepared the Paschal supper. At the supper, as well as at the sacrifice, a change of manner was introduced. "As the guests gathered round the Paschal table, they came no longer, as at the first celebration, with their loins girded, with shoes on their feet, and a staff in their hands; that is, as travelers waiting to take their departure. On the contrary, they were arrayed in their best festive garments, joyous and at rest, as became the children of a king. To express this idea, the rabbis also insisted that the Paschal supper, or at least part of it, must be eaten in that recumbent position with which we are familiar from the New Testament. 'For,' say they, 'they use this leaning posture, as free men do, in memorial of their freedom.' And again, 'Because it is the manner of slaves to eat standing, therefore now they eat sitting and leaning, in order to show that they have been delivered from bondage into freedom.' And finally, 'No, not the poorest in Israel may eat till he has sat down, leaning.' But though it was deemed desirable to sit leaning during the whole Paschal supper, it was only absolutely enjoined while partaking of the bread and the wine" (Edersheim, 'Temple Service'). The essentials of the Paschal feast were the Paschal lamb, the unleavened bread, and the bitter herbs (<a href="/exodus/12-8.htm">Exodus 12:8</a>). To these were afterwards added a dish formed from an animal sacrificed on the Passover day, a composition of dates and other dried fruits, and four cups of red wine mixed with water, the last of which came to be regarded as essential as that which had been commanded in the Law. The Rabbi Gamaliel is reported by the Mishna to have said, "Whoever fails to explain three things in the Passover fails to fulfill his duty. These are the Paschal lamb, the unleavened bread, and the bitter herbs. The Paschal lamb means that God passed over the houses of our fathers in Egypt, which were sprinkled with blood; the unleavened bread, that our fathers were hurried out of Egypt; the bitter herbs, that the Egyptians made the lives of our fathers in Egypt bitter" (Pes. 10:15). The wine was regarded so necessary an adjunct, that it is ordered that every householder must provide himself with four cups, even if he had to sell or pawn his coat, or hire himself out for a servant, or receive money from the poor's box, in order to do so (Pes. 1). The supper began with drinking the first cup of wine, before which a grace, or thanksgiving, of the following character was said: - "Blessed art thou, Jehovah our God, who hast created the fruit of the vine! Blessed art thou, Jehovah our God, King of the universe, who hast chosen us from among all people, and exalted us from among all languages, and sanctified us with thy commandments! And thou hast given us, in love, the solemn days for joy, and the festivals and appointed seasons for gladness, and this, the day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the season of our freedom, a holy convocation, the memorial of our departure from Egypt. For us hast thou chosen; and us hast thou sanctified from among all nations, and thy holy festivals with joy and with gladness hast thou caused us to inherit. Blessed art thou, O Lord, who sanctifiest Israel and the appointed seasons! Blessed art thou, Lord, King of the universe, who hast preserved us alive, and sustained us, and brought us to this season" (Edersheim, 'Temple Service'). After drinking the first cup, there followed a general washing of hands, after which the company ate some of the bitter herbs. Then the second cup was filled, and in order to carry out the injunction of <a href="/exodus/12-26.htm">Exodus 12:26, 27</a>, the youngest member of the company inquired, "What mean ye by this service?" And the president of the feast replied, "It is the sacrifice of the Lord's Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses." At the same time, he explained the purport of the unleavened bread and the bitter herbs, and called upon the company to give thanks for what God had wrought for them and for their fathers, ending with <a href="/psalms/113.htm">Psalm 113, 114</a>, sung by all present. The second cup was then drunk, and after second washing of hands, the unleavened bread was broken, and thanks again given, after which the pieces of bread, the bitter herbs, the other sacrificial dish (if any), and the Paschal lamb were partaken of in turn. The third cup was then filled, thanks were again given, and the cup was drunk. This cup had the name of the "cup of blessing," owing to the blessing said over it, and it was succeeded after an interval by the fourth cup, when <a href="/psalms/115.htm">Psalm 115-118</a> (which, with <a href="/psalms/113.htm">Psalm 113, 114</a>, made up the Hallel) were sung, followed by a prayer of thanksgiving. <p> CHAPTER 23:6-44 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/23-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The Passover</span><br /><span class="heb">פֶּ֖סַח</span> <span class="translit">(pe·saḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6453.htm">Strong's 6453: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pretermission, exemption, Passover</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">לַיהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3069.htm">Strong's 3069: </a> </span><span class="str2">YHWH</span><br /><br /><span class="word">begins at</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּ֣ין</span> <span class="translit">(bên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> </span><span class="str2">An interval, space between</span><br /><br /><span class="word">twilight</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעַרְבָּ֑יִם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ar·bā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - md<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6153.htm">Strong's 6153: </a> </span><span class="str2">Evening</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on the fourteenth</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאַרְבָּעָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ar·bā·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_702.htm">Strong's 702: </a> </span><span class="str2">Four</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day</span><br /><span class="heb">לַחֹ֖דֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(la·ḥō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> </span><span class="str2">The new moon, a month</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the first</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(hā·ri·šō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7223.htm">Strong's 7223: </a> </span><span class="str2">First, in place, time, rank</span><br /><br /><span class="word">month.</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(ba·ḥō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> </span><span class="str2">The new moon, a month</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/23-5.htm">Leviticus 23:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/23-5.htm">Leviticus 23:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/23-5.htm">Leviticus 23:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/23-5.htm">Leviticus 23:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/23-5.htm">Leviticus 23:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/23-5.htm">Leviticus 23:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/23-5.htm">Leviticus 23:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/23-5.htm">Leviticus 23:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/23-5.htm">Leviticus 23:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/23-5.htm">Leviticus 23:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/23-5.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 23:5 In the first month on the fourteenth (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/23-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 23:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 23:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/23-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 23:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 23:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>