The Feast of Unleavened Bread

"And the descendants of the captivity kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month." - Ezr 6:19 "In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall observe the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten." (Eze. 45:21)

"In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord's Passover." -Lev.23:5 "On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord's Passover." - Lev 23:5 "In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening." - Ex 12:18

"And they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, at twilight, in the Wilderness of Sinai; according to all that the Lord commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did." - Nu 9:5 "On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Passover of the Lord." - Nu 28:16 "Now Josiah kept a Passover to the Lord in Jerusalem, and they slaughtered the Passover lambs on the fourteenth day of the first month." - 2Ch 35:1

Mark {15:25} And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. {15:33} And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. {15:34} And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?

1 Corinthians {5:7} Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us: {5:8} Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened [bread] of sincerity and truth.

Exodus {12:19} Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.

Probably the most significant observance related to Pesach involves the removal of chametz (leaven; sounds like "hum it's" with that Scottish "ch") from our homes. This commemorates the fact that the Jews leaving Egypt were in a hurry, and did not have time to let their bread rise. It is also a symbolic way of removing the "puffiness" (arrogance, pride) from our souls.

We may not eat chametz during Pesach; we may not even own it or derive benefit from it. We may not even feed it to our pets or cattle. All chametz, including utensils used to cook chametz, must either be disposed of or sold to a non-Jew (they can be repurchased after the holiday). Pets' diets must be changed for the holiday, or the pets must be sold to a non- Jew (like the food and utensils, the pets can be repurchased after the holiday ends).

Romans {8:2} For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

{26:39} And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou [wilt. ]

1 Peter {1:7} That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

1 Peter {4:12} Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you: {4:13} But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.

Exodus {12:18} In the first [month,] on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. Leviticus {23:5} In the fourteenth [day] of the first month at even [is] the LORD’S passover. {23:6} And on the fifteenth day ofthe same month [is] the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

{12:29} And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that [was] in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. {12:30} And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for [there was] not a house where [there was] not one dead. {12:31} And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, [and] get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said. {12:32} Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also. {12:33} And the Egyptians were urgent upon the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste; for they said, We [be] all dead [men.

Exodus {12:25} And it shall come to pass, when ye be come to the land which the LORD will give you, according as he hath promised, that ye shall keep this service.

Exodus {13:3} And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this [place:] there shall no leavened bread be eaten. {13:4} This day came ye out in the month Abib. {13:5} And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

Exodus {15:13} Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people [which] thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided [them] in thy strength unto thy holy habitation. {15:14} The people shall hear, [and] be afraid: sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina. {15:15} Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed; the mighty men of Moab, trembling shall take hold upon them; all the inhabitants of Canaan shall melt away. {15:16} Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be [as] still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, [which] thou hast purchased. {15:17} Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, [in] the place, O LORD, [which] thou hast made for thee to dwell in, in the Sanctuary, O Lord, [which] thy hands have established. {15:18} The LORD shall reign for ever and ever.

John {6:49} Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. {6:50} This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die. {6:51} I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

John {6:55} For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. {6:56} He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. {6:57} As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. {6:58} This is that bread which came down from heaven: not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever.

1 Chronicles {30:21} And the children of Israel that were present at Jerusalem kept the feast of unleavened bread seven days with great gladness: and the Levites and the priests praised the LORD day by day, [singing] with loud instruments unto the LORD.

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