God’s Word Translation
Numbers 28:16
16“The fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord’s Passover.
Numbers 28:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘On the fourteenth day of the first month the Lord’s Passover is to be held.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord's Passover,
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Passover of the Lord.
Context of Numbers 28:16
14The wine offering that goes with each bull will be 2 quarts of wine, with each ram 1½ quarts of wine, and with each lamb 1 quart of wine. This will be the monthly burnt offering for every month of the year. 15In addition to the daily burnt offering with its wine offering, one male goat must be offered to the Lord as an offering for sin. “The fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord’s Passover. 17The fifteenth of this same month is a pilgrimage festival. For seven days you must eat only unleavened bread. 18On the first day there will be a holy assembly. Don’t do any regular work.
Read all of Numbers 28Numbers 28:16 word by word
וּבַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן בְּאַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר י֖וֹם לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ פֶּ֖סַח לַיהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Numbers 28:16
- Exodus 12:15For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the very first day you must remove any yeast that you have in your houses. Whoever eats anything with yeast in it from the first day through the seventh day must be excluded from Israel.
- Exodus 13:6“For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. The seventh day will be a pilgrimage festival in the Lord’s honor.
- Leviticus 23:6The fifteenth day of this same month is the Lord’s Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread.
Commentaries on Numbers 28:16
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16-25Verses 16-25 The Passover offering was the same as that of the New moon, and was repeated on each of the seven days of the festival, thus marking the importance and the solemnity of the occasion. The details of the offering had not been previously prescribed.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-31Verses 16-31 By the sacrifices enjoined in this chapter, we are reminded of the continued power of the sacrifice of Christ, and of our continual need to depend thereon. No hurrying employments, or perilous situations, or prosperous circumstances, should cause slackness in our religious exercises; but should rather stir us up to greater diligence in seeking help from, or giving thanks to the Lord. And all is to be accompanied with repentance, faith is the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-25The Passover, followed by the Feast of Unleavened Bread, was the first of five major annual feasts. It took place in early spring (March or April). The Passover did not require public sacrifices. It was a family event celebrated at home (see also 9:1–4; Exodus 12:1–13:10; Leviticus 23:5–8; Deuteronomy 16:1–8). This festival is important in the background of the Last Supper (see Matthew 26:17–19, 26–27; Mark 14:12; John 11:55; 12:1; 13:1; 18:28, 39; 19:14…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2516-25. in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover--The law for that great annual festival is given (Le 23:5), but some details are here introduced, as certain specified offerings are prescribed to be made on each of the seven days of unleavened bread [Nu 28:18-25].Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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