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.
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Exodus 12:11This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.
Exodus 12:41At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 13:3So 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 23:14Three times a year you are to celebrate a feast to Me.
Exodus 34:18You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.
Numbers 9:2“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 16:1
In this chapter we have, I. A repetition of the laws concerning the three yearly feasts; in particular, that of the passover, ver. 1-8 . That of pentecost, ver. 9-12 . That of tabernacles, ver. 13-15 . And the general law concerning the people's attendance on them, ver. 16, 17 . II. The institution of an inferior magistracy, and general rules of justice given to those that were called into office, ver. 18-20 . III. A caveat against groves and images, ver. 21, 22 . Read the whole commentary →