On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover.
Parallel translations
- WEB The children of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
- KJV And the children of the captivity kept the passover upon the fourteenth day of the first month.
- NKJV And the descendants of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
- NASB The exiles held the Passover on the fourteenth of the first month.
- NLT On April 21 the returned exiles celebrated Passover.
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The returned exiles kept the Passover on the appointed day. The restored community recommits to remembering God's redemption.
Overview
On the fourteenth of the first month the people observe Passover, the feast commemorating the Exodus deliverance from Egypt. Celebrating it again signals that the same redeeming God who freed their ancestors has now brought them back from exile. Passover ultimately points to Christ, 'our Passover,' who was sacrificed for us (1 Corinthians 5:7).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Exod 12:6–36You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.
- Josh 5:10On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.
- 2 Chr 30:1–27Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.
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The return from exile and the rebuilt altar keep alive the hope of a greater restoration — the true return from our deeper exile of sin accomplished by Christ.
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