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| 1 And Yahweh spake unto Moses in the desert of Sinai, in the second year by their coming forth out of the land of Egypt, in the first month, saying: |
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| 2 Let the sons of Israel, therefore, keep the passover, in its appointed season: |
The passover – Represented the sacrifice of our Lord Jesus on behalf of the Church only. R4384:3
At his appointed season – In the spring, the beginning of the religious year. R4127:3, R4384:3
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| 3 on the fourteenth day of this month, between the two evenings, shall ye keep it, in its appointed season,–according to all the statutes thereof, and according to all the regulations thereof, shall ye keep it.
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| 4 Then spake Moses unto the sons of Israel, that they should keep the passover. |
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| 5 So they kept the passover, in the first [month], on the fourteenth day of the month, between the two evenings, in the desert of Sinai,–according to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so, did the sons of Israel. |
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| 6 But so it was, that there were certain men who had become unclean, by a dead person, and could not keep the passover on that day,–therefore came they near, before Moses and before Aaron, on that day. |
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| 7 Then said those men unto him, We, are unclean by a dead person,–wherefore should we become of less esteem, for want of offering the oblation of Yahweh in its appointed season, in the midst of the sons of Israel? |
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| 8 And Moses said unto them,–Stay, and let me hear, what Yahweh shall command concerning you! |
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| 9 Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying: |
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| 10 Speak unto the sons of Israel, saying,–Though, any man, be unclean by a dead person, or be on a journey afar off, whether in the case of yourselves, or of your generations, yet shall he keep a passover unto Yahweh. |
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| 11 In the second month, on the fourteenth day between the two evenings, shall they keep it,–with unleavened cakes and bitter herbs, shall they eat it. |
The fourteenth day – The full of the moon, symbol of the Law covenant and the people under that covenant. Christ's crucifixion at the full of the moon and its immediately beginning to wane foreshadowed Israel's national decline. F481
As the moon waned for as long as it had increased, so Christ's death was the turning point between the two equal periods of Israel's history. R2270:6
Of the second month – Typifying the Millennial age. R2270:6
If any miss the real communion of the Memorial because of spiritual defilement, let them purge their hearts and celebrate four weeks later. R3013:6
Thus appropriate to celebrate Memorial one month late if date missed through ignorance. R1961:5
At even – Margin: (Between the two evenings). The Jews had two evenings: one from noon to three o'clock; and the other from three o'clock until sunset. Christ's sacrifice was completed at three o'clock, midway between these. R2953:2*
Between six o'clock one evening and six o'clock the next evening. R2917:6
They shall keep it – Typifying that those prevented by ignorance from accepting Messiah as their Redeemer when offered to them will have an opportunity of doing so in the Times of Restitution when their nation, represented by the moon, shall again be full of blessings--in the latter harvest. R2270:6, R1289:6, R5191:3
Unleavened bread – Symbolizing the precious promises that come to us from the Heavenly Father through Christ. R2918:3
Symbolically, without the corruption of human theory, selfishness and ambition. F464
And bitter herbs – Symbols of trials, persecutions, etc. F460
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| 12 They shall not leave thereof until morning, and, no bone, shall they break therein–according to all the statutes of the passover, shall they keep it. |
Nor break any bone – A type of the fact that none of Jesus' bones were broken. (John 19:36) R198:2*
Of the passover – "Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us." (1 Cor. 5:7) F460
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| 13 But, as for the man who, is, clean, and, no a journey, doth not chance to be, and yet faileth to keep the passover, that person shall he cut off from among his kinsfolk,–for, the oblation of Yahweh, hath he not offered in its appointed season, his own sin, shall, that man, bear. |
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| 14 When, moreover, there may sojourn with you a sojourner, who would keep a passover unto Yahweh, according to the statute of the passover, and according to the regulation thereof, so, must he keep [it],–one statute, shall there be for you, both for the sojourner, and for the native of the land. |
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| 15 Now, on the day the habitation was reared, the cloud covered the habitation, even the tent of the testimony,–and, in the evening, it was over the habitation, like an appearance of fire, until morning. |
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| 16 Thus, came it to pass continually, the cloud, covered it,–and an appearance of fire, by night; |
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| 17 but, at the bidding of the upgoings of the cloud from off the tent, then, after that, the sons of Israel set forward,–and, in the place where the cloud abode, there, the sons of Israel encamped: |
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| 18 at the bidding of Yahweh, the sons of Israel set forward, and, at the bidding of Yahweh, they encamped,–all the days that the cloud abode upon the habitation, they remained encamped. |
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| 19 And, when the cloud lengthened out its stay upon the habitation, many days, then would the sons of Israel keep the watch of Yahweh, and would not set forward. |
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| 20 And, so it was, when the cloud would be a few days upon the habitation, at the bidding of Yahweh, they remained encamped, and, at the bidding of Yahweh, they set forward. |
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| 21 And, so it was, when the cloud would be from evening until morning, as soon as the cloud went up in the morning, so soon did they set forward: whether by day or by night, as soon as the cloud went up, so soon did they set forward. |
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| 22 Whether for two days, or a month, or a year, the cloud lengthened out its stay upon the habitation, abiding thereupon, the sons of Israel remained encamped, and set not forward,–but, at the upgoings thereof, they set forward. |
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| 23 At the bidding of Yahweh, they encamped, and, at the bidding of Yahweh, they set forward,–the watch of Yahweh, they kept, at the bidding of Yahweh, by the hand of Moses. |
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