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Exd 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.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

fourteenth		Lev 23:5; Num 9:3; Num 28:16,18; Deu 16:1-6; 2Ch 30:15; Eze 45:21
the whole		2Ch 30:15-18; Isa 53:6; Mat 27:20,25; Mar 15:1,8,11,25,33,34; Luk 23:1,18; Act 2:23; Act 3:14; Act 4:27
in the evening		Heb. between the two evenings. The Jews divided the day into morning and evening: till the sun passed the meridian, all was morning or forenoon; after that, all was evening or afternoon. Their first evening began just after twelve o'clock, and continued till sunset; their second evening began at sunset, and continued till night, i.e., during the whole time of twilight; between twelve o'clock, therefore, and the termination of twilight, the passover was to be offered. See Parallel Passages. Exd 16:12; Mat 27:46-50

Correlating Passages

fourteenth

	Lev 23:5	In the fourteenth [day] of the first month at even [is] the LORD'S passover.
	Num 9:3	In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.
	Num 28:16	And in the fourteenth day of the first month [is] the passover of the LORD.
	Num 28:18	In the first day [shall be] an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work [therein]:
	Deu 16:1	Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
	Deu 16:2	Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the LORD thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place his name there.
	Deu 16:3	Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, [even] the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
	Deu 16:4	And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there [any thing] of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
	Deu 16:5	Thou mayest not sacrifice the passover within any of thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee:
	Deu 16:6	But at the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
	2Ch 30:15	Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth [day] of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.
	Eze 45:21	In the first [month], in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten.

the whole

	2Ch 30:15	Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth [day] of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.
	2Ch 30:16	And they stood in their place after their manner, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood, [which they received] of the hand of the Levites.
	2Ch 30:17	For [there were] many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one [that was] not clean, to sanctify [them] unto the LORD.
	2Ch 30:18	For a multitude of the people, [even] many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good LORD pardon every one
	Isa 53:6	All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
	Mat 27:20	But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
	Mat 27:25	Then answered all the people, and said, His blood [be] on us, and on our children.
	Mar 15:1	And straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried [him] away, and delivered [him] to Pilate.
	Mar 15:8	And the multitude crying aloud began to desire [him to do] as he had ever done unto them.
	Mar 15:11	But the chief priests moved the people, that he should rather release Barabbas unto them.
	Mar 15:25	And it was the third hour, and they crucified him.
	Mar 15:33	And when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour.
	Mar 15:34	And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
	Luk 23:1	And the whole multitude of them arose, and led him unto Pilate.
	Luk 23:18	And they cried out all at once, saying, Away with this [man], and release unto us Barabbas:
	Act 2:23	Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:
	Act 3:14	But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you;
	Act 4:27	For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together,

in the evening

	Exd 16:12	I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I [am] the LORD your God.
	Mat 27:46	And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?
	Mat 27:47	Some of them that stood there, when they heard [that], said, This [man] calleth for Elias.
	Mat 27:48	And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled [it] with vinegar, and put [it] on a reed, and gave him to drink.
	Mat 27:49	The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save him.
	Mat 27:50	Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.

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Scott, Thomas. "Exodus 12:6," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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