Deuteronomy 16:1

God's Word

Honor the Lord your God by celebrating Passover in the month of Abib. In the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt at night.

Cross References

Exodus 12:51

That very day the Lord brought all the Israelites out of Egypt in organized family groups.

Exodus 13:3

Then Moses said to the people, “Remember this day—the day when you left Egypt, the land of slavery. The Lord used his mighty hand to bring you out of there. Don’t eat anything made with yeast.

Exodus 13:4

Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving Egypt.

Exodus 23:14

“Three times a year you must celebrate a pilgrimage festival in my honor.

Exodus 23:15

“Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread: For seven days you must eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Abib, because that was when you left Egypt. No one may come into my presence without an offering.

Exodus 34:18

“You must celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you must eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, because in that month you came out of Egypt.

Leviticus 23:5

“The fourteenth day of the first month, in the evening, is the Lord’s Passover.

Numbers 28:16

“The fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord’s Passover.

Luke 2:41

Every year Jesus’ parents would go to Jerusalem for the Passover festival.

John 2:13

The Jewish Passover was near, so Jesus went to Jerusalem.

John 5:1

Later, Jesus went to Jerusalem for a Jewish festival.

John 6:4

The time for the Jewish Passover festival was near.

Deuteronomy 16:2

Slaughter an animal from your flock or herd as the Passover sacrifice to the Lord your God. Do this at the place where the Lord will choose for his name to live.