Numbers 9:2

Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.

Cross-references

Numbers 9:7 Historical context

Numbers 9:7 records the complaint about uncleanness, the immediate narrative context that prompts clarification of the Passover law.

Numbers 9:13 states the penalty for neglecting the Passover, reinforcing the seriousness of the command here.

Numbers 28:16 restates the Passover date—the same appointed time referenced here—as part of the calendar of feasts.

Deuteronomy 16:2 adds details on the Passover sacrifice and the chosen place, expanding the instructions implied in this verse.

1 Corinthians 5:8 urges believers to keep the festival with sincerity, applying the Passover imagery to Christian living.

1 Corinthians 5:7 identifies Christ as our Passover lamb, fulfilling the typology of the sacrifice commanded here.

Luke 22:7 Parallel

Luke 22:7 notes the day for sacrificing the Passover lamb, echoing the appointment in Numbers.

Mark 14:12 Parallel

Mark 14:12 describes the day when the Passover lamb was sacrificed, the same festival commanded here.

Ezra 6:19 Historical context

Ezra 6:19 records the returned exiles observing the Passover, directly obeying the command given here.

2 Chronicles 35:1 Historical context

2 Chronicles 35:1 records King Josiah’s Passover celebration, a later observance that follows the same directive as here.

Joshua 5:10 Historical context

Joshua 5:10 shows Israel actually keeping Passover at Gilgal—a historical example of obeying the command given here.

Exodus 12:1-20 is the original Passover institution, providing the foundational instructions that this command in Numbers repeats.

Deuteronomy 16:1 commands Israel to observe Passover in the month of Abib, echoing the same annual requirement given here.

Leviticus 23:5 also fixes Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight, aligning with the appointed time here.

Exodus 12:14 establishes Passover as a perpetual statute, reinforcing the enduring obligation behind this command to keep it.

Exodus 12:6 Allusion

Exodus 12:6 specifies the exact timing—the fourteenth day at twilight—that defines 'its appointed time' in this verse.

2 Kings 23:21 Historical context

In 2 Kings 23:21, Josiah commands keeping Passover exactly as prescribed here, showing a later restoration of the original command.

Exodus 12:21 contains the original instruction to slaughter the Passover lamb, which Numbers 9:2 reiterates.

In Ezekiel 45:21, the future temple vision also mandates the Passover feast, echoing the same appointed time from this command.

Exodus 23:15 commands the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the same festival period in which Passover is kept.