THEOSISCyrill of Alexandria
It has previously been stated that the observance of the Passover was mandated by the law to take place in the first month on the fourteenth day, as noted in Exodus 12:6.
Numbers 28:16Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And in the first month, on the four tenth day of the month, shall be the phase of the Lord,
וּבַחֹ֣דֶשׁ הָרִאשׁ֗וֹן בְּאַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר י֖וֹם לַחֹ֑דֶשׁ פֶּ֖סַח לַיהוָֽה׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Deut 16:1Observe the month of new corn, which is the first of the spring, that thou mayst celebrate the phase to the Lord thy God: because in this month the Lord thy God brought thee out of Egypt by night.
- Deut 16:8Six days shalt thou eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day, because it is the assembly of the Lord thy God, thou shalt do no work.
- Ex 12:18The first month, the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the same month, in the evening.
- Num 9:3The fourteenth day of this month in the evening, according to all the ceremonies and justifications thereof.
- Num 9:5And they made it in its proper time: the fourteenth day of the month at evening, in mount Sinai. The children of Israel did according to all things that the Lord had commanded Moses.
- Ex 12:2This month shall be to you the beginning of months; it shall be the first in the months of the year.
- Ex 12:11And thus you shall eat it: you shall gird your reins, and you shall have shoes on your feet, holding staves in your hands, and you shall eat in haste; for it is the Phase (that is the Passage) of the Lord.
- 1 Cor 5:7Purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new paste, as you are unleavened. For Christ our pasch is sacrificed.