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Passover and the Festival of Unleavened Bread “In honor of the Lord your God, celebrate the Passover, each year in the early spring, in the month of Abib, for that was the month, in which the Lord, your God, brought you out of Egypt, by night.  Your Passover sacrifice may be, from either the flock or the herd… and it must be sacrificed, to the Lord your God, at the designated place of worship—the place He chooses, for His name, to be honored.  Eat it with bread, made without yeast.  For seven days, the bread you eat, must be made without yeast, as when you escaped from Egypt, in such a hurry.  Eat this bread—the bread of suffering—so that as long as you live, you will remember the day that you departed from Egypt.  Let no yeast be found, in any house, throughout your land, for those seven days.  And when you sacrifice the Passover lamb, on the evening of the first day, do not let any of the meat remain, until the next morning.  “You may not sacrifice t...

​ Offerings for the Passover; and Offerings for the Festival of Harvest “On the fourteenth day, of the first month, you must celebrate the Lord’s Passover.  On the following day—the fifteenth day of the month—a joyous, seven-day festival will begin, but no bread, made with yeast, may be eaten.  The first day, of the festival, will be an official day for holy assembly, and no ordinary work may be done on that day.  As a special gift, you must present a burnt offering to the Lord—two young bulls, one ram, and seven, one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.  These will be accompanied by grain offerings, of choice flour, moistened with olive oil—six quarts with each bull, four quarts with the ram, and two quarts …with each, of the seven lambs.  You must also offer a male goat, as a sin offering, to purify yourselves and make yourselves right with the Lord.  Present these offerings, in addition …to your regular, morning burnt offering.  On each, of the...

​ Israel’s Exodus from Egypt and Celebration of Passover Pharaoh sent for Moses and Aaron during the night.  “Get out!” (Pharaoh) ordered. “Leave my people—and take the rest of the Israelites with you!  Go and worship the Lord as you have requested.  Take your flocks and herds, as you said, and be gone.  Go, but bless me as you leave.”  All the Egyptians urged the people of Israel to get out of the land as quickly as possible, for they thought, “We will all die!”  The Israelites took their bread dough before yeast was added.  They wrapped their kneading boards in their cloaks and carried them on their shoulders.  And the people of Israel did as Moses had instructed; they asked the Egyptians for clothing and articles of silver and gold.  The Lord caused the Egyptians to look favorably on the Israelites, and they gave the Israelites whatever they asked for.  So (the Israelites) stripped the Egyptians of their wealth!  That night the p...

The Lord’s Passover  “This is a day to remember.  Each year, from generation to generation, you must celebrate it as a special festival to the Lord.  This is a law for all time.  For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast.  On the first day of the festival, remove every trace of yeast from your homes.  Anyone who eats bread made with yeast during the seven days of the festival will be cut off from the community of Israel.  On the first day of the festival and again on the seventh day, all the people must observe an official day for holy assembly.  No work of any kind may be done on these days except in the preparation of food.  Celebrate this Festival of Unleavened Bread, for it will remind you that I brought you out of the land of Egypt on this very day.  This festival will be a permanent law for you; celebrate this day from generation to generation.  …These regulations apply both to the foreigners living among you...

​ The Passover Instructions   While the Israelites were still in the land of Egypt, the Lord gave the following instructions to Moses and Aaron:  “From now on, this month  (the month of Nissan)  will be the first month of the year for you.  Announce to the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month, each family must choose a lamb or a young goat for a sacrifice, one animal for each household.  If a family is too small to eat a whole animal, let them share with another family in the neighborhood.  Divide the animal according to the size of each family and how much they can eat.  The animal you select must be a one-year-old male, either a sheep or a goat, with no defects.  “Take special care of this chosen animal until the evening of the fourteenth day of this first month.  Then the whole assembly of the community of Israel must slaughter their lamb or young goat at twilight.  They are to take some of the blood and ...