Leviticus 23:4-8·~1 min

Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread

The LORD's appointed feasts are to be kept at their set times, beginning with Passover and then the seven days of Unleavened Bread, marked by offerings and assemblies free from regular work.

T⁴hese are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times. ⁵The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. ⁶On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. ⁷On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work. ⁸For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.’”

Section summaryThe appointed times are fixed to their proper days, beginning with Passover and the week of Unleavened Bread. Israel marks these days with unleavened bread, sacred assemblies, food offerings, and rest from ordinary work at the feast's beginning and end.

Role in the chapterThis section starts the annual cycle with the first month. It gives the calendar its first historical feast and shows how sacred time is kept through exact days, offerings, and gathered rest.