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Deuteronomy 16:1 KJV
Deuteronomy · chapter 16 · verse 1
Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.Deuteronomy 16:1 · King James Version
Deuteronomy 16:1 in context
1Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
2Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.
3Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- passoverpeçacha pretermissionH6453 →
- Observeshâmarproperly, to hedge aboutH8104 →
- monthchôdeshthe new moonH2320 →
- forthyâtsâʼto go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and…H3318 →
- EgyptMitsrayimMitsrajimH4714 →
- AbibʼâbîybgreenH24 →
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Much of the communion between God and his people Israel was kept up, and a face of religion preserved in the nation, by the three yearly feasts, the institution of which, and the laws concerning them, we have several times met with already; and here they are repeated. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-17