Numbers 28:16
And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the Lord.
Cross-references
Numbers 9:3-5 records the historical observance of Passover on the same date, confirming that the command was carried out at Sinai.
Numbers 9:2 commands keeping the Passover at its appointed season, reinforcing the same instruction.
Matthew 26:2 predicts Jesus' crucifixion at Passover, linking the OT festival date directly to his sacrificial death as the Passover Lamb.
1 Corinthians 5:8 applies the Passover imagery to Christian life, calling believers to keep the feast with sincerity, tying OT feast to Christ our Passover.
1 Corinthians 5:7 explicitly calls Christ our Passover sacrificed for us, a direct typological fulfillment of the OT festival.
Luke 22:8 shows Jesus sending disciples to prepare the Passover, continuing the narrative of typological fulfillment through the meal.
Luke 22:7 notes the day the Passover lamb is killed, pointing forward to Christ as the ultimate sacrifice on the same date.
Matthew 26:17 has disciples preparing the Passover meal, which becomes the Last Supper—a typological fulfillment of the OT festival.
Exodus 12:2-11 gives the original Passover institution with its detailed instructions, which Numbers 28:16 dates and summarizes.
Ezekiel 45:21-24 reinstates Passover in a future temple vision with the same date and offerings, echoing Numbers 28 in an eschatological setting.
Deuteronomy 16:1-8 reiterates Passover instructions, adding the requirement to sacrifice at the place God chooses, deepening the context of this date.
Leviticus 23:5-8 provides the full festival calendar for Passover and Unleavened Bread, expanding the date given here with details on observance.
Exodus 12:43-49 provides the eligibility rules for eating the Passover, which Numbers 28:16 simply mentions without those regulations.
Exodus 12:18 defines the seven-day Feast of Unleavened Bread starting from Passover evening, linking the date to the broader festival.
2 Chronicles 35:17 narrates the Israelites keeping the Passover and Unleavened Bread as commanded in Numbers 28:16.
2 Kings 23:21 records Josiah commanding the people to keep the Passover as written in the law, fulfilling Numbers 28:16.
Deuteronomy 16:2 instructs sacrificing the Passover in the chosen place, echoing the same festival requirement.
Mark 14:1 sets Jesus' passion two days before Passover, directly linking to the feast commanded in Numbers 28:16.
Mark 14:12 describes the first day of Unleavened Bread when the Passover lamb is sacrificed, following Numbers 28:16.
Luke 2:41 mentions Jesus' parents going to Jerusalem yearly for the Passover as commanded in Numbers 28:16.
John 2:13 notes the Passover was at hand, referencing the same feast commanded in Numbers 28:16.
Exodus 12:6 gives the original command for the Passover on the 14th day, the same date referenced here.
Acts 12:3 places Peter's imprisonment during the days of unleavened bread, providing historical context tied to the Passover season.
Acts 12:4 mentions after Passover, marking the timing of Peter's trial and echoing the festival's chronological significance.