Exodus 12:2

New Living Translation

“From now on, this month will be the first month of the year for you.

Cross References

Esther 3:7

So in the month of April, during the twelfth year of King Xerxes’ reign, lots were cast in Haman’s presence (the lots were called purim) to determine the best day and month to take action. And the day selected was March 7, nearly a year later.

Exodus 12:1

While the Israelites were still in the land of Egypt, the Lord gave the following instructions to Moses and Aaron:

Exodus 12:18

The bread you eat must be made without yeast from the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month until the evening of the twenty-first day of that month.

Exodus 12:3

Announce to the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each family must choose a lamb or a young goat for a sacrifice, one animal for each household.

Exodus 13:3

So Moses said to the people, “This is a day to remember forever—the day you left Egypt, the place of your slavery. Today the Lord has brought you out by the power of his mighty hand. (Remember, eat no food containing yeast.)

Exodus 13:4

On this day in early spring, in the month of Abib, you have been set free.

Exodus 23:15

First, celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast, just as I commanded you. Celebrate this festival annually at the appointed time in early spring, in the month of Abib, for that is the anniversary of your departure from Egypt. No one may appear before me without an offering.

Exodus 34:18

“You must celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast, just as I commanded you. Celebrate this festival annually at the appointed time in early spring, in the month of Abib, for that is the anniversary of your departure from Egypt.

Exodus 40:17

So the Tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.

Ezekiel 45:18

“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: In early spring, on the first day of each new year, sacrifice a young bull with no defects to purify the Temple.

Ezekiel 45:21

“On the fourteenth day of the first month, you must celebrate the Passover. This festival will last for seven days. The bread you eat during that time must be made without yeast.

Leviticus 23:5

“The Lord’s Passover begins at sundown on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Numbers 28:16

“On the fourteenth day of the first month, you must celebrate the Lord’s Passover.

Deuteronomy 16:1

“In honor of the Lord your God, celebrate the Passover each year in the early spring, in the month of Abib, for that was the month in which the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.