seekeroftruth
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Deuteronomy 16:1 Observe the month of Aviv and celebrate the Passover of the Lord your God, because in the month of Aviv he brought you out of Egypt by night. 2 Sacrifice as the Passover to the Lord your God an animal from your flock or herd at the place the Lord will choose as a dwelling for his Name. 3 Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left Egypt in haste—so that all the days of your life you may remember the time of your departure from Egypt. 4 Let no yeast be found in your possession in all your land for seven days. Do not let any of the meat you sacrifice on the evening of the first day remain until morning.
5 You must not sacrifice the Passover in any town the Lord your God gives you 6 except in the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name. There you must sacrifice the Passover in the evening, when the sun goes down, on the anniversary[a] of your departure from Egypt. 7 Roast it and eat it at the place the Lord your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents. 8 For six days eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day hold an assembly to the Lord your God and do no work.
5 You must not sacrifice the Passover in any town the Lord your God gives you 6 except in the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name. There you must sacrifice the Passover in the evening, when the sun goes down, on the anniversary[a] of your departure from Egypt. 7 Roast it and eat it at the place the Lord your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents. 8 For six days eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day hold an assembly to the Lord your God and do no work.
a. Deuteronomy 16:6 Or down, at the time of day
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Moses gave instructions about how to celebrate the Passover. Abib means ‘the month of the green ears’. (The ear is the part of a grain plant that contains seeds.) Abib was in the spring. The Israelites were celebrating the time when God rescued them from Egypt. They had been slaves there. They used to celebrate Passover in their homes or tents. Here Moses told them to celebrate in the place that God had chosen. Exodus 12:1-28 describes the original Passover. The sacrifice was a young sheep (or a young goat). In the desert, the Israelites celebrated the Passover together. When they entered the country, they would scatter to every part of the country. But Moses told them to gather together when they celebrated the Passover.
Immediately after the Passover was the 7 day Festival of bread without yeast. It would remind the Israelites that they left Egypt very quickly. They did not have time to add yeast as they made their bread. They would also remember their years in the desert. On the last day of the festival, they would meet together to give honour to God. After the Passover festival in the desert, they would return to their tents. Later, when they lived in the country, they returned to their homes. The very important word at this time was ‘remember’. Every Passover festival that Jews celebrate today ends with these words. ‘Next year it will be in Jerusalem.’ The Jews expect that they will be able to go to Jerusalem. Then they will celebrate in the way that they used to celebrate.
Immediately after the Passover was the 7 day Festival of bread without yeast. It would remind the Israelites that they left Egypt very quickly. They did not have time to add yeast as they made their bread. They would also remember their years in the desert. On the last day of the festival, they would meet together to give honour to God. After the Passover festival in the desert, they would return to their tents. Later, when they lived in the country, they returned to their homes. The very important word at this time was ‘remember’. Every Passover festival that Jews celebrate today ends with these words. ‘Next year it will be in Jerusalem.’ The Jews expect that they will be able to go to Jerusalem. Then they will celebrate in the way that they used to celebrate.
