Deuteronomy 16:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Chapter 16
Feast of the Passover.[a] 1 Observe the month of Abib,[b] and celebrate the Passover of the Lord, your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord, your God, brought you forth from Egypt during the night. 2 Make a Passover sacrifice from your flock or your herd to the Lord, your God, in the place where the Lord has chosen to place his name. 3 Do not eat leavened bread, but eat unleavened bread for seven days. This is the bread of affliction, for you had to leave the land of Egypt in haste. Thus, all of your life you will remember the day that you came forth from Egypt.
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- Deuteronomy 16:1 The three annual pilgrimages which bring all the people together at the sanctuary are a high point in the liturgical life of Israel. The Feast of Weeks (later called the Feast of Pentecost) and the Feast of Tabernacles are agricultural festivals at which God is thanked for his blessings, whereas Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread (now combined into one) commemorate the deliverance from Egypt (Ex 12:1-20; 13:6-7; 23:15; 34:25; Lev 23).
- Deuteronomy 16:1 Abib: the month of “the spikes [of grain],” corresponds to March–April.
Deuteronomy 16:1-3
New International Version
The Passover(A)
16 Observe the month of Aviv(B) and celebrate the Passover(C) of the Lord your God, because in the month of Aviv he brought you out of Egypt by night. 2 Sacrifice as the Passover to the Lord your God an animal from your flock or herd at the place the Lord will choose as a dwelling for his Name.(D) 3 Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction,(E) because you left Egypt in haste(F)—so that all the days of your life you may remember the time of your departure from Egypt.(G)
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