Ezra 6:19 Cross References

Ezra 6:19

19: On April 21 the returned exiles celebrated Passover.

Exodus 12:6

  1. "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.
  2. 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.
  3. That evening everyone must eat roast lamb with bitter herbs and bread made without yeast.
  4. The meat must never be eaten raw or boiled; roast it all, including the head, legs, and internal organs.
  5. Do not leave any of it until the next day. Whatever is not eaten that night must be burned before morning.

2 Chronicles 30:1

  1. King Hezekiah now sent word to all Israel and Judah, and he wrote letters of invitation to Ephraim and Manasseh. He asked everyone to come to the Temple of the LORD at Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel.
  2. The king, his officials, and all the community of Jerusalem decided to celebrate Passover a month later than usual.
  3. They were unable to celebrate it at the regular time because not enough priests could be purified by then, and the people had not yet assembled at Jerusalem.
  4. This plan for keeping the Passover seemed right to the king and all the people.
  5. So they sent a proclamation throughout all Israel, from Beersheba in the south to Dan in the north, inviting everyone to come to Jerusalem to celebrate the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel. The people had not been celebrating it in great numbers as prescribed in the law.

Joshua 5:10

  1. While the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they celebrated Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month--the month that marked their exodus from Egypt.
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