2 Kings 23:21 References
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Then the king commanded all the people saying, "aCelebrate the Passover to the Lord your God bas it is written in this book of the covenant."
b Numbers 9:2-4, Deuteronomy 16:2-8
Numbers 9
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"On the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you shall observe it at its appointed time; you shall observe it according to all its statutes and according to all its ordinances."
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So Moses told the sons of Israel to observe the Passover.
Deuteronomy 16
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"You shall sacrifice the Passover to the Lord your God from the flock and the herd, in the place where the Lord chooses to establish His name.
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"aYou shall not eat leavened bread with it; seven days you shall eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste), so that you may remember ball the days of your life the day when you came out of the land of Egypt.
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"For seven days no leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory, and anone of the flesh which you sacrifice on the evening of the first day shall remain overnight until morning.
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"You are not allowed to sacrifice the Passover in any of your towns which the Lord your God is giving you;
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but aat the place where the Lord your God chooses to establish His name, you shall sacrifice the Passover in the evening at sunset, at the time that you came out of Egypt.