Lev 23:5-6 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Lev 23:5-8: 23:5-8 Passover ... Unleavened Bread: These feasts were instituted on the eve of the exodus from Egypt (see Exod 12:1-28 ). Passover was the first of three great festivals (Deut 16:16 ), followed by the Festival of Harvest (Lev 23:15-21 ) and the Festival of Shelters (23:34-43 ). 23:5 Passover began at sundown on the fourteenth day of the first month, as the new day was beginning (see study note on 11:24-25). The Passover feast included a roast lamb, bitter salad greens, and bread made without yeast (Exod 12:8 ), all representing Israel’s liberation from Egyptian bondage. • The first month marked the beginning of the Jewish calendar as late as Ezra 6:19 . The month’s earliest name, Abib (“spring, fresh grain”; Exod 13:4 ; 23:15 ; 34:18 ; Deut 16:1 ), was partially replaced by the name Nisan after the Babylonian exile (Neh 2:1 ; Esth 3:7 ).

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‏ Leviticus 23:5-6

Summary for Lev 23:5-8: 23:5-8 ^a Passover ... Unleavened Bread: These feasts were instituted on the eve of the exodus from Egypt (see Exod 12:1-28 ^b). Passover was the first of three great festivals (Deut 16:16 ^c), followed by the Festival of Harvest (Lev 23:15-21 ^d) and the Festival of Shelters (23:34-43 ^e). 23:5 ^f Passover began at sundown on the fourteenth day of the first month, as the new day was beginning (see study note on 11:24-25). The Passover feast included a roast lamb, bitter salad greens, and bread made without yeast (Exod 12:8 ^g), all representing Israel’s liberation from Egyptian bondage.

• The first month marked the beginning of the Jewish calendar as late as Ezra 6:19 ^h. The month’s earliest name, Abib (“spring, fresh grain”; Exod 13:4 ⁱ; 23:15 ^j; 34:18 ^k; Deut 16:1 ^l), was partially replaced by the name Nisan after the Babylonian exile (Neh 2:1 ^m; Esth 3:7 ⁿ).
23:6 ^o Following Passover was the Festival of Unleavened Bread, during which Israel ate bread made without yeast (see study note on 2:11) to remember the Egyptian slavery that it represented and the haste with which they departed Egypt (Deut 16:3 ^p).