General Info

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General Info

• Purposes
• In Leviticus 23, God appointed seven holidays for
  the Israelites as times to meet with him.
• Other holidays developed later.

Passover Feast of Trumpets
Unleavened Bread Day of Atonement
Firstfruits Feast of Booths
Feast of Weeks
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• Calendar
• The Gregorian calendar used by most Western
  nations today is a solar calendar.
• The Jewish calendar uses both lunar and solar
  movements.
• The months are determined by the moon the year
  by the sun.

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• Calendar
• Following the Babylonian exile in the sixth
  century BC, the Jewish calendar reflected the
  Babylonian names of the months.
• These names still exist today in the current
  Jewish calendar.

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• Calendar

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Passover

• Background
• Commemorates Gods deliverance of Israel out of
  slavery in Egypt.
• Pesach means to pass over.
• In biblical times, Passover was commemorated with
  a sacrifice.
• Today, it is commemorated with a meal.

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Passover

• Background
• The Lord called Moses to lead the Israelites from
  slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land.

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Passover

• Background
• When first confronted by Moses, Pharaoh refused
  to let the people go.
• After sending nine plagues, the Lord said the
  firstborn male of every house would die unless
  the doorframe of that house was covered with the
  blood of a perfect lamb.

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Passover

• Background
• That night, the Lord passed over the homes with
  blood on the doorframes.
• The tenth plague brought death to the firstborn
  sons of Egypt, even taking the life of Pharaohs
  own son.
• Pharaoh let the Israelites go.

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Passover

• Background
• Passover was to be a lasting ordinance for
  generations to come.
• Observed on the 14th day of the first month
  (religious year) beginning at twilight.
• The Passover lamb must be a perfect male with no
  spot or blemish.