King James Version
What Does Numbers 28:16 Mean?
“And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.”
Context
14
And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.
15
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the LORD shall be offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
16
And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.
17
And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
18
In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(16, 17) **And in the fourteenth day of the first month . . . —**The observance of the Passover had been in abeyance for thirty-eight years. The law is now promulgated afresh. The observance of the first and seventh days of the feast are enjoined in Exodus 12:16 and Leviticus 23:7-8; and in the latter place it is enjoined that an offering made by fire should be offered for seven days. The nature of that offering is stated in the 19th verse of this chapter, and the fact that the details are not found in Leviticus 23 may be adduced in proof of the prospective character of much of the Levitical legislation.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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