Bible Strands
Numbers 9:2
“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — In the first month of the second year after the Exodus, the LORD speaks to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai to issue a command regarding the Passover.
The words — The Hebrew verb יַעֲשׂוּ (ya'asu) carries the literal sense "let them observe" or "they shall do," applied to הַפֶּסַח (haPesaḥ, "the Passover") and timed to בְּמוֹעֲדוֹ (beMo'ado, "at its appointed time").
The thread — The directive to keep the Passover at its designated time appears in Leviticus 23:5 and Deuteronomy 16:1, while 1 Corinthians 5:7 identifies Christ as the Passover lamb and does not cite or repeat the temporal directive.
Why it lands — The text commands a specific group to perform a specific ritual at a specific time, requiring precise obedience to the established schedule rather than personal convenience.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
Cross-references
- Deuteronomy 16:1 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.
- 1 Corinthians 5:7 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.
- Leviticus 23:5 The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
- 2 Chronicles 35:1 Then Josiah kept the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month.
- Exodus 12:1 Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
- Numbers 28:16 The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.
- 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.
- Ezra 6:19 On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.
- 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?”
- Luke 22:7 Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.