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| Article Sources: | Easton's Bible Dictionary |
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Passover is the name for one of the major annual feasts celebrated by the
Jews. This celebration lasts for seven days in remembrance of the night the Lord freed the
Israelites from slavery in
Egypt. That night, each Jewish (Israelite) family was to slaughter a lamb and paint its blood over the top and along the two sides of the door of their house. Then, when the angel of death passed through the land to kill the firstborn of each family, he would "pass over" the houses of the Jews, not killing their firstborn. God instructed
Moses that this was to be an annual celebration from then on (
Exodus 12:14-21).
The Passover feast has very specific instructions for its celebration, including eating lamb and unleavened bread. There is a very specific ritual that is followed at the main Passover meal.
The Passover lamb is like a picture of Christ as our Passover lamb, who is killed in our place and frees us from our slavery to sin. The last meal that Jesus ate with his disciples was the Passover meal, and he was crucified on Passover, as our perfect Passover Lamb. (Mark 14:1 and Mark 14:12}
