The Lord's Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Passover is the first annual festival: the fourteenth of the first month at twilight. The Passover that was historically instituted in Exodus 12 is here incorporated into the permanent festival calendar. The twilight timing follows the Passover's original institution — the lamb slaughtered at twilight on the fourteenth, the blood applied, the meal eaten through the night. Luke 22:15 records Jesus saying I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer — the Passover that Leviticus 23:5 permanently calendars is the Passover that Jesus celebrates as his final meal.

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