Deuteronomy 16:1
Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD your God: for in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you forth out of Egypt by night.
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Exodus 12:11And thus shall all of you eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and all of you shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD's passover.
Exodus 12:41And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the very same day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
Exodus 13:3And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which all of you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
Exodus 23:14Three times you shall keep a feast unto me in the year.
Exodus 34:18The feast of unleavened bread shall you keep. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt.
Numbers 9:2Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
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 →