Exodus 12:6
And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
Cross-reference
Exodus 12:3 instructs selecting the lamb on the 10th day, which is then kept until the 14th when it is killed here — sequential preparation.
Exodus 12:47 reinforces that the whole congregation must keep the ordinance, echoing the 'whole assembly' involvement in the sacrifice.
Leviticus 23:5 repeats the exact same date and evening timing for Passover, reinforcing the calendar command.
Numbers 9:3 specifies the same fourteenth day at even for keeping the Passover, ensuring consistent observance.
Numbers 28:16 restates the fourteenth day of the first month as the Passover, identical to Exodus 12:6.
Acts 2:23 declares Jesus' crucifixion was part of God's predetermined plan — linking the Passover lamb as a foreordained type of Christ.
Deuteronomy 16:1-6 restates the command to sacrifice the Passover on the 14th day at evening, directly echoing the timing and procedure here.
In Matthew 27:46-50, Jesus dies at the ninth hour — the time when Passover lambs were being slain, fulfilling the typology of the Lamb of God.
Ezekiel 45:21 prescribes the Passover on the 14th day of the first month for the future temple, repeating the exact timing from Exodus.
In 1 Corinthians 5:7, Paul identifies Christ as our Passover lamb, directly applying the sacrificial lamb imagery from this verse.
In Luke 22:7, the day came when the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed—a direct parallel to the commanded slaughter at twilight.
In Mark 14:12, they prepare the Passover on the day the lamb is sacrificed—directly reflecting the twilight slaughter here.
In Ezra 6:19, the returned exiles keep the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month, exactly as prescribed here.
In 2 Chronicles 35:6, the instruction to slaughter the Passover lambs and sanctify yourselves echoes the original command to kill the lamb at twilight.
In 2 Chronicles 35:1, Josiah keeps the Passover on the same fourteenth day of the first month, directly following the timing commanded here.
Numbers 9:2 commands keeping the Passover at its appointed time, directly reiterating the timing established here.
2 Chronicles 30:15 records a later Passover killed on the 14th day (though in the second month), fulfilling the same date command.
Numbers 28:18 prescribes a holy convocation on the 15th day, the day after the Passover lamb is killed here – part of the same feast sequence.
2 Chronicles 30:17 describes Levites killing the Passover lamb for the unclean — a variation in who performs the slaughter from the original instruction.
Deuteronomy 16:6 clarifies the Passover sacrifice is at sunset, specifying the 'twilight' timing of the original command.
In Luke 23:18, the crowd demands Barabbas instead of Jesus — a rejection of the true Passover Lamb, contrasting the lamb set apart in Exodus.
Acts 3:14 says the people denied the Holy and Righteous One and chose a murderer — echoing the rejection of the Passover lamb type.