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Deuteronomy 16, Passover, and the Night to be Much Observed
Sermonette by John W. RitenbaughDeuteronomy 16:1-8 instructs to observe the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the LORD your God, as it was in the month of Abib that the LORD brought the Israelites out of Egypt by night. The passage mandates sacrificing the Passover from the flock and the herd at the place the LORD chooses to put His name. It also specifies eating no leavened bread with it, and for seven days eating unleavened bread, referred to as the bread of affliction, to remember the day of departure from Egypt. No leaven should be seen among them for seven days, and the meat sacrificed on the first day at twilight should not remain overnight. The Passover must not be sacrificed within any of their gates but at the chosen place of the LORD at twilight, at the going down of the sun, when they came out of Egypt. They are to roast and eat it at the chosen place and return to their tents in the morning. For six days they are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day, there shall be a sacred assembly with no work done.
Deuteronomy 16:1-8
Sermonette by John W. RitenbaughDeuteronomy 16:1-8 refers to Unleavened Bread rather than Passover (a scribal error, perhaps referring to the season). Ten clues clear up this misconception.
Passover (Part Nine)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe context of Deuteronomy 16:1-3 indicates the focus of these verses is on the Night to be Observed and the Days of Unleavened Bread rather than the Passover.
Passover (Part Ten)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughAt the time of Christ, because of historical deviation, some kept Passover at home at the start of the 14th and others kept it at the Temple at the end of the 14th.
Passover (Part Eight)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe temple Passover commanded by Hezekiah was a very unusual circumstance in which the king centralized worship to keep Baalism from defiling the Passover.
Passover (Part Seven)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughMajor reinterpretations have significantly distorted the meaning of Passover and Unleavened Bread, blurring the distinction between the two events.
The First Day of Unleavened Bread (Part One)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughPassover takes place at twilight as the 14th of Abib begins. Unleavened Bread begins 24 hours later on the 15th of Abib. The Passover is a preparation day.
The First Day of Unleavened Bread (Part Two)
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe term 'selfsame day' refers to the covenant God made with Abraham 430 years before the Exodus, which occurred on the day after the Passover.
The Night to be Much Observed
Sermon by John W. RitenbaughThe Night Much to be Observed is a memorial of the covenant with Abraham, and God's watchfulness in delivering ancient Israel as well as spiritual Israel.