2Ki 23:21 Cross References

2 Kings 23:21

21: King Josiah then issued this order to all the people: "You must celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, as it is written in the Book of the Covenant."

Deuteronomy 16:1

  1. "In honor of the LORD your God, always celebrate the Passover at the proper time in early spring, for that was when the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
  2. Your Passover sacrifice may be from either the flock or the herd, and it must be sacrificed to the LORD your God at the place he chooses for his name to be honored.
  3. Eat it with bread made without yeast. For seven days eat only bread made without yeast, as you did when you escaped from Egypt in such a hurry. Eat this bread--the bread of suffering--so that you will remember the day you departed from Egypt as long as you live.
  4. Let no yeast be found in any house throughout your land for seven days. And do not let any of the meat of the Passover lamb remain until the next morning.
  5. "The Passover must not be eaten in the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.

Numbers 9:2

  1. "Tell the Israelites to celebrate the Passover at the proper time,
  2. at twilight on the appointed day in early spring. Be sure to follow all my laws and regulations concerning this celebration."
  3. So Moses told the people to celebrate the Passover
  4. in the wilderness of Sinai as twilight fell on the appointed day. And they celebrated the festival there, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Leviticus 23:5

  1. "First comes the LORD's Passover, which begins at twilight on its appointed day in early spring.
  2. Then the day after the Passover celebration, the Festival of Unleavened Bread begins. This festival to the LORD continues for seven days, and during that time all the bread you eat must be made without yeast.
  3. On the first day of the festival, all the people must stop their regular work and gather for a sacred assembly.
  4. On each of the next seven days, the people must present an offering to the LORD by fire. On the seventh day, the people must again stop all their regular work to hold a sacred assembly."

2 Chronicles 35:1

  1. Then Josiah announced that the Passover of the LORD would be celebrated in Jerusalem on the appointed day in early spring. The Passover lambs were slaughtered at twilight of that day.
  2. Josiah also assigned the priests to their duties and encouraged them in their work at the Temple of the LORD.
  3. He issued this order to the Levites, who had been set apart to serve the LORD and were teachers in Israel: "Since the Ark is now in Solomon's Temple and you do not need to carry it back and forth on your shoulders, spend your time serving the LORD your God and his people Israel.
  4. Report for duty according to the family divisions of your ancestors, following the written instructions of King David of Israel and the instructions of his son Solomon.
  5. Then stand in your appointed holy places and help the families assigned to you as they bring their offerings to the Temple.

Exodus 12:3

  1. Announce to the whole community that on the tenth day of this month each family must choose a lamb or a young goat for a sacrifice.
  2. If a family is too small to eat an entire lamb, let them share the lamb with another family in the neighborhood. Whether or not they share in this way depends on the size of each family and how much they can eat.
  3. This animal must be a one-year-old male, either a sheep or a goat, with no physical defects.
  4. "Take special care of these lambs until the evening of the fourteenth day of this first month. Then each family in the community must slaughter its lamb.
  5. They are to take some of the lamb's blood and smear it on the top and sides of the doorframe of the house where the lamb will be eaten.

Numbers 28:16

  1. "On the appointed day in early spring, you must celebrate the LORD's Passover.
  2. On the following day a joyous, seven-day festival will begin, but no bread made with yeast may be eaten.
  3. On the first day of the festival you must call a sacred assembly of the people. None of your regular work may be done on that day.
  4. You must present as a burnt offering to the LORD two young bulls, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all with no physical defects.
  5. These will be accompanied by grain offerings of choice flour mixed with olive oil--five quarts with each bull, three quarts with the ram,
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