--- Jewish Passover! ---
What is it and why is it important?
Is it important for Christians?
Written: April 2026
As directed by God, the first month of each year was Abib, meaning green ears, having to do with the new years first ripening crop of barley [while the grains were ripe but still green and soft enough to be eaten raw] thus beginning their barley harvest. That was how the ancient Jews were to watch for and identify the start of each new year. It was not predicted or predefined. The start of each new year had to be observed!

1. Beginning of the Bible defined New Year (First Month)

Exodus 12:1–2 (ESV - God's Name restored.) “יהוה said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, ‘This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you.’”
☛ The year begins with a specific month designated by יהוה.

Exodus 13:4 (ESV) “Today, in the month of Abib, you are going out.”
☛ The first month is called Abib.

Exodus 23:15 (ESV) “You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread… at the time appointed in the month Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt.”
☛ The month is tied to the Exodus and its appointed time.

Deuteronomy 16:1 (ESV) “Observe the month of Abib and keep the Passover to יהוה your God, for in the month of Abib יהוה your God brought you out of Egypt by night.”
☛ The month must be observed (watched for and then kept).

After and since their captivity in Babylon, the Hebrews have used the Babylonian word Nisan for the first month of their year. The Jews were given and used a lunar calendar, and the start of Abib of each year was observed, rather that pre-known, and based on the observable new moon and when the Barley crop was ripe. The 14 day of that month of Abib was the Passover, and could move on the solar calendar we now use by a little more than a month. What a wonder! I am married to a woman who never likes to do the same thing in the same way twice. Being one who likes to do the same things the exact same way for the sake of efficiency and productivity, her way drives me crazy; as mine does her. In this instance, it seems יהוה loved her way. What a wonder to have the year start at a little different time each year. Since the new year is not predictable but must be observed, knowing when the Jewish Passover is, since it is identified by counting 14 days from the beginning of the new year, and converting it onto our solar calendar can be a task! And, it can never be done ahead of time!
What is the Passover?
How Ai says the Bible says to observe its start!
The 3500 year old Jewish Passover is still to this day celebrated by Jews, as instructed by God, to commemorate them being spared by God when the Angel of death "passed over" their homes, as he went through ancient Egypt killing all the firstborn sons in all of Egypt. On the night the angel passed over, the ancient Jews were instructed to select an unblemished male lame and sacrifice it. They were further instructed to brush the blood on the doorpost of their home, so the angel would see it and spare their house. As they ate the flesh of the sacrificed lamb inside their homes, all those inside were spared by the angel. The implication of some of these Bible teachings just seem nearly too wonderful and beautiful for mere imperfect humans to know!

That all started some 1500 years before Christ was born, when the ancient Jews were being protected by God in Egypt, so He could keep His promise to Abraham to use the Jews to produce the promised Messiah [Anointed One], the Saviour of mankind. (Gen 22:15-18) The promised Christ [Anointed One] wasn't just the Saviour of the Jewish Nation, he was Saviour to all of mankind who would put faith in him. Guess when the Christ, then, the one sent by God to sacrifice his perfect human life to save all repentant mankind, guess when his sacrifice took place! Yes, on the very same holiday being celebrated by the Jews, they having been saved by the blood of the sacrificial lamb in Egypt. If you are one who thinks this is not the work of God; and some men dreamt all this up; well, I think you might be a fool... On the very night of the 1500 year old Jewish Passover celebration, They sacrificed the Lord and Savior of all mankind. It was Nisan 14, the Passover of some 2000 years ago. It was the sacrifice of our Lord Jesus Christ on that same date. Doesn't that seem a pretty important thing for Christians to know!

2. Passover Defined. (Memorial and Celebration!)

Exodus 12:5–6 (God’s Word Translation with God's Name resstored.)
“The animals must be one-year-old males without any defects… Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month. Then the whole community… must slaughter the animals at dusk.”
☛ Passover is on the 14th day of the first month. The animal being slaughtered at dusk indicates it is killed on the 14th between the days starting the 15th, which days ran from sunset to sunset.

Leviticus 23:5 (Bible in Basic English)
“In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at evening, is the Passover of יהוה.”
☛ Exact timing: 14th day at evening. [The Passover is between days, at the very end of the 14th. The 15th day is a special Sabbath (not a specific day of the week, that is, not the regular Saturday Sabbath of the Jews.) and always begins the 7 day feast of unleavened bread. (I personally assume that means the Passover lamb needed to be eaten [meal started] before sunset, but the meal could continue into the night with nothing remaining until morning...)]

Numbers 9:2–3 (American Standard Version)
“Let the children of Israel keep the passover in its appointed season. In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in its appointed season…”
☛ Must be kept at its appointed time and manner.

Deuteronomy 16:6 (Darby Translation) “…thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.”
☛ Time marker: even or evening / going down of the sun.

This page is being used, in addition to understanding what Passover is; to show how Ai might be used to help us understand such Bible truths as how to scripturally identify the start of Passover each year. It seems very few people understand that at all. Linked here is a copy of the information provided by Ai about the Passover, along with how many people have chosen unscriptural ways to identify Passover. I think most Religionists want some way to predict Passover dates for future years. Christians understand that is impossible! It must be observed each year... Christians are all those people who are not so busy sucking down the swill of some religious sect, they don't have time to actually look into the Bible. Christians are just listening to Jesus Christ! (Mark 3:31-35)


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