Leviticus 23:5

Translations

Modern

The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Traditional

In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord’s passover.

Literal

In the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the evenings, is the passover to YHWH.

Latin

Mense primo, quartadecima die mensis ad vesperum, Phase Domini est:

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English

The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Notes

Leviticus 23:5

Passover started at sundown on the fourteenth day of the first month, as the new day began (see study note on Leviticus 11:24–25). The Passover feast included a roast lamb, bitter salad greens, and bread without yeast (Exodus 12:8). These foods represented Israel’s freedom from Egyptian slavery.
The first month marked the start of the Jewish calendar as late as Ezra 6:19. The month’s earliest name was Abib (which means “spring, fresh grain”; Exodus 13:4; 23:15; 34:18; Deuteronomy 16:1). The name Nisan partly replaced Abib after the exile of Israel to Babylon (Nehemiah 2:1; Esther 3:7).

Leviticus 23:5–8

Passover … Unleavened Bread: These feasts began on the evening before the exodus from Egypt (see Exodus 12:1–28).

Israel had three major festivals:

The Feast of Unleavened Bread, which begins the day after Passover (Deuteronomy 16:16)
The Festival of Weeks (Leviticus 23:15–21)
The Festival of Tabernacles (23:34–43)

Theme notes and profiles

Ancient Law Codes The Passover

Related verses

Deuteronomy 16:1–8
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.
Joshua 5:10
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.
Exodus 12:18–19
In the first month you are to eat unleavened bread, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day.
Numbers 28:16–17
The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.
Exodus 13:3–10
So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.
Exodus 12:2–14
“This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.
1 Corinthians 5:7–8
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.
2 Chronicles 35:18–19
No such Passover had been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel ever observed a Passover like the one that Josiah observed with the priests, the Levites, all Judah, the Israelites who were present, and the people of Jerusalem.
Matthew 26:17
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?”
Exodus 23:15
You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.
Mark 14:12
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?”
Numbers 9:2–7
“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.

Parallels

Exodus 12:14–28 Numbers 28:16–25 Deuteronomy 16:1–8

People

Passover: An annual Jewish feast commemorating the Exodus

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Calendars (Ancient and Modern) Day Deuteronomy, Book of Feasts and Festivals of Israel History of Israel Leviticus, Book of Moon

Topics

Passover: Institution of Sanitation: Rest Commanded The Feast of the Passover: Commenced the Fourteenth of the First Month at Even

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