Passover Scripture: Celebrating Freedom and Redemption
Passover Scripture holds immense significance for the Jewish community, as it commemorates the liberation of the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. This sacred occasion is observed with great reverence and is filled with various rituals, traditions, and prayers. Let us delve into the Passover Scripture and explore its profound teachings.
Here are 50 Bible verses that highlight the essence of Passover Scripture:
1. Exodus 12:14 – “This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast.”
2. Exodus 12:24 – “You shall observe this rite as a statute for you and for your sons forever.”
3. Exodus 12:27 – “You shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.'”
4. Exodus 12:42 – “It was a night of watching by the Lord, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so this same night is a night of watching kept to the Lord by all the people of Israel throughout their generations.”
5. Exodus 12:48 – “If a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised. Then he may come near and keep it; he shall be as a native of the land.”
6. Exodus 13:9 – “And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth.”
7. Exodus 13:14 – “And when in time to come your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall say to him, ‘By a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.'”
8. Exodus 23:15 – “You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. None shall appear before me empty-handed.”
9. Leviticus 23:5 – “In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight, is the Lord’s Passover.”
10. Numbers 9:2 – “Let the people of Israel keep the Passover at its appointed time.”
11. Numbers 9:14 – “And if a stranger sojourns among you and would keep the Passover to the Lord, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its rule, so shall he do. You shall have one statute, both for the sojourner and for the native.”
12. Deuteronomy 16:3 – “You shall eat no leavened bread with it. Seven days you shall eat it with unleavened bread, the bread of affliction—for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste—that all the days of your life you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt.”
13. Deuteronomy 16:16 – “Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Lord your God at the place that he will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, at the Feast of Weeks, and at the Feast of Booths.”
14. Joshua 5:10 – “And the people of Israel encamped at Gilgal. And they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight on the plains of Jericho.”
15. 2 Chronicles 30:18 – “For a majority of the people, many of them from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover otherwise than as prescribed.”
16. Ezra 6:20 – “For the priests and the Levites had purified themselves together; all of them were clean. So they slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the returned exiles, for their fellow priests, and for themselves.”
17. Isaiah 31:5 – “Like birds hovering, so the Lord of hosts will protect Jerusalem; he will protect and deliver it; he will spare and rescue it.”
18. Jeremiah 46:10 – “That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of vengeance, to avenge himself on his foes. The sword shall devour and be sated and drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord God of hosts holds a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.”
19. Ezekiel 45:21 – “In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall celebrate the feast of the Passover, and for seven days unleavened bread shall be eaten.”
20. Ezekiel 45:23 – “During the seven days of the feast, he shall provide as a burnt offering to the Lord seven bulls and seven rams without blemish on each of the seven days, and a male goat daily for a sin offering.”
21. Matthew 26:17 – “Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying, ‘Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?'”
22. Mark 14:12 – “And on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to him, ‘Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?'”
23. Luke 2:41 – “Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover.”
24. Luke 22:1 – “Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread drew near, which is called the Passover.”
25. John 2:23 – “Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing.”
26. John 6:4 – “Now the Passover, the feast of the Jews, was at hand.”
27. Acts 12:4 – “And when he had seized him, he put him in prison, delivering him over to four squads of soldiers to guard him, intending after the Passover to bring him out to the people.”
28. Acts 20:6 – “But we sailed away from Philippi after the days of Unleavened Bread, and in five days we came to them at Troas, where we stayed for seven days.”
29. 1 Corinthians 5:7 – “Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.”
30. Hebrews 11:28 – “By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.”
31. Revelation 15:3 – “And they sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, ‘Great and amazing are your deeds, O Lord God the Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations!'”
Passover Scripture teaches us about the importance of remembering and celebrating our freedom and redemption. It reminds us of God’s faithfulness, His deliverance from bondage, and the hope of a better future. As we observe Passover, may we reflect on these powerful scriptures and find inspiration in the eternal message they convey.