New English Translation
Leviticus 23:5
5In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, is a Passover offering to the Lord.
Leviticus 23:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord’s passover.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord’s Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.
- English Standard Version (ESV)In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight, is the Lord's Passover.
- New King James Version (NKJV)On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord’s Passover.
Context of Leviticus 23:5
3“‘Six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, a holy assembly. You must not do any work; it is a Sabbath to the Lord in all the places where you live. 4“‘These are the Lord’s appointed times, holy assemblies, which you must proclaim at their appointed time. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, is a Passover offering to the Lord. 6Then on the fifteenth day of the same month will be the festival of unleavened bread to the Lord; seven days you must eat unleavened bread. 7On the first day there will be a holy assembly for you; you must not do any regular work.
Read all of Leviticus 23Leviticus 23:5 word by word
בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן בְּאַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר לַחֹ֖דֶשׁ בֵּ֣ין הָעַרְבָּ֑יִם פֶּ֖סַח לַיהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 23:5
- Exodus 12:2“This month is to be your beginning of months; it will be your first month of the year.
- Exodus 13:3Moses 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 23:15You 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.
- Numbers 9:2“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time.
- Numbers 28:16“‘On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord’s Passover.
- Deuteronomy 16:1Observe the month Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for in that month he brought you out of Egypt by night.
- Joshua 5:10So the Israelites camped in Gilgal and celebrated the Passover in the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the plains of Jericho.
- 2 Chronicles 35:18A Passover like this had not been observed in Israel since the days of Samuel the prophet. None of the kings of Israel had observed a Passover like the one celebrated by Josiah, the priests, the Levites, all the people of Judah and Israel who were there, and the residents of Jerusalem.
- Matthew 26:17Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus and said, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
- Mark 14:12Now on the first day of the feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples said to him, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?”
- Luke 22:7Then the day for the feast of Unleavened Bread came, on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed.
- 1 Corinthians 5:7Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough – you are, in fact, without yeast. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.
Commentaries on Leviticus 23:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The Lord's passover - See this largely explained in the notes on Exodus 12:21-27; (note).Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5-8Verses 5-8 In these verses, the Passover, or Paschal Supper, and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, are plainly spoken of as distinct feasts. See Exodus 12:6, Exodus 12:15, Exodus 12:17; Numbers 28:16-17. Leviticus 23:5 See Exodus 12:6. According to the Hebrew mode of reckoning, the 15th day of the month began on the evening of the 14th. The day of holy convocation with which the Feast of Unleavened Bread commenced Leviticus 23:7 was the 15th, and that with…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-14Verses 4-14 The feast of the Passover was to continue seven days; not idle days, spent in sport, as many that are called Christians spend their holy-days. Offerings were made to the Lord at his altar; and the people were taught to employ their time in prayer, and praise, and godly meditation. The sheaf of first-fruits was typical of the Lord Jesus, who is risen from the dead as the First-fruits of them that slept. Our Lord Jesus rose from the dead on the…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Passover started at sundown on the fourteenth day of the first month, as the new day began (see study note on Leviticus 11:24–25). The Passover feast included a roast lamb, bitter salad greens, and bread without yeast (Exodus 12:8). These foods represented Israel’s freedom from Egyptian slavery. The first month marked the start of the Jewish calendar as late as Ezra 6:19. The month’s earliest name was Abib (which means “spring, fresh grain”; Exodus 13:4…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-85. the Lord's passover--(See Ex 12:2, 14, 18). The institution of the passover was intended to be a perpetual memorial of the circumstances attending the redemption of the Israelites, while it had a typical reference to a greater redemption to be effected for God's spiritual people. On the first and last days of this feast, the people were forbidden to work [Le 23:7, 8]; but while on the Sabbath they were not to do any work, on feast days they were…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 23
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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