Which day we celebrate Passover (Pesach) 14 or 15 of Nissan?

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Which day is the correct way to celebrate Passover (Pesach) 14 or 15 of Nissan? In the jewish calendar (Elohim's appointing times) each day beggining at down , after the first two stars appears in the sky, until the next day at the same time. In the Torah on Exodus 12:2,3,6,7 it clearly states everything about the Pesach.

Exo 12:2,3 and 6: "This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: .. 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"

Exo 12:8-10: "And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.

Exo 12:14-15: "And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel."

Exo 12:18: "In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even."

Later, in Deuteronomy Chapter 16 talks about the same rules of the Passover, but changes the place where it was celebrated, from the houses to the Temple.

Deu 16:6-7: "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. And thou shalt roast and eat it in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents."

In the time of Yeshua, the jews already have problems knowing which day to celebrate the Pessover, let us see:

Joh 18:28: "Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover."

It is very strange since Yeshua already had the Pesach with His disciples the night before, what is the celebration the High Priest was going to participate the night after? The Pesach again? The passover is supposed to be hours later after 6:30 pm of the 13 of Nissan, at the beginning of the 14 of Nissan.

Even they created a new name for the day 14 of Nissan: "Day of Preparation". Let us look at the text:

John 19:14: "And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King!"

But to be in a safe place, let us see when Yeshua, the Son of the Living Elohim, though about the theme:

Luk 22:7-15: "Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in. And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. And they went, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer"

As you can see, Yeshua. the King of Kings, Lorof All, the Almighty, knows for a fact that the date of the Pesach was 14 of Nissan, never 15 of Nissan.

Pastor Yosef Ben Marques © 2015

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