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The First Passover Instituted

12 [a]The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall be for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you.

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  1. 12.1 The feast of the passover, the regulations for which are given here, commemorates the deliverance from Egypt. The feast of unleavened bread would probably have been added only after the entry into Canaan. The passover foreshadows the sacrifice of Jesus (1 Cor 5.7).

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