Exodus 12:2

New English Translation

“This month is to be your beginning of months; it will be your first month of the year.

Cross References

Esther 3:7

In the first month (that is, the month of Nisan), in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus’ reign, pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman in order to determine a day and a month. It turned out to be the twelfth month (that is, the month of Adar).

Exodus 12:1

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

Exodus 12:18

In the first month, from the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, you will eat bread made without yeast until the twenty-first day of the month in the evening.

Exodus 12:3

Tell the whole community of Israel, ‘In the tenth day of this month they each must take a lamb for themselves according to their families – a lamb for each household.

Exodus 13:3

Moses said to the people, “Remember this day on which you came out from Egypt, from the place where you were enslaved, for the Lord brought you out of there with a mighty hand – and no bread made with yeast may be eaten.

Exodus 13:4

On this day, in the month of Abib, you are going out.

Exodus 23:15

You are to observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread; seven days you must eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you, at the appointed time of the month of Abib, for at that time you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before me empty-handed.

Exodus 34:18

“You must keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you; do this at the appointed time of the month Abib, for in the month Abib you came out of Egypt.

Exodus 40:17

So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month, in the second year.

Ezekiel 45:18

“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: In the first month, on the first day of the month, you must take an unblemished young bull and purify the sanctuary.

Ezekiel 45:21

“‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you will celebrate the Passover, and for seven days bread made without yeast will be eaten.

Leviticus 23:5

In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, is a Passover offering to the Lord.

Numbers 28:16

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

Deuteronomy 16:1

Observe the month Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for in that month he brought you out of Egypt by night.