Tyndale Open Study Notes on Leviticus 23:5

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23:5-8 Passover . . . Unleavened Bread: These feasts were instituted on the eve of the exodus from Egypt (see Exod 12:1-28). Passover was the first of three great festivals (Deut 16:16), followed by the Festival of Harvest (Lev 23:15-21) and the Festival of Shelters (23:34-43). 23:5 Passover began at sundown on the fourteenth day of the first month, as the new day was beginning (see study note on 11:24-25). The Passover feast included a roast lamb, bitter salad greens, and bread made without yeast (Exod 12:8), all representing Israel’s liberation from Egyptian bondage. • The first month marked the beginning of the Jewish calendar as late as Ezra 6:19. The month’s earliest name, Abib (“spring, fresh grain”; Exod 13:4; 23:15; 34:18; Deut 16:1), was partially replaced by the name Nisan after the Babylonian exile (Neh 2:1; Esth 3:7).

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