# Passover

## Facts:

The “Passover” is the name of a religious festival that the Jews celebrate every year, to remember how God rescued their ancestors, the Israelites, from slavery in Egypt.

* The name of this festival comes from the fact that God “passed over” the houses of the Israelites and did not kill their sons when he killed the firstborn sons of the Egyptians.
* The Passover celebration includes a special meal of a perfect lamb that they have killed and roasted, as well as bread made without yeast. These foods remind them of the meal that the Israelites ate the night before they escaped from Egypt.
* God told the Israelites to eat this meal every year in order to remember and celebrate how God “passed over” their houses and how he set them free from slavery in Egypt.

## Translation Suggestions:

* The term “Passover” could be translated by combining the words “pass” and “over” or another combination of words that has this meaning.
* It is helpful if the name of this festival has a clear connection to the words used to explain what the angel of the Lord did in passing by the houses of the Israelites and sparing their sons.

## Bible References:

* [1 Corinthians 05:07](rc://en/tn/help/1co/05/07)
* [2 Chronicles 30:13-15](rc://en/tn/help/2ch/30/13)
* [2 Kings 23:23](rc://en/tn/help/2ki/23/23)
* [Deuteronomy 16:02](rc://en/tn/help/deu/16/02)
* [Exodus 12:26-28](rc://en/tn/help/exo/12/26)
* [Ezra 06:21-22](rc://en/tn/help/ezr/06/21)
* [John 13:01](rc://en/tn/help/jhn/13/01)
* [Joshua 05:10-11](rc://en/tn/help/jos/05/10)
* [Leviticus 23:4-6](rc://en/tn/help/lev/23/04)
* [Numbers 09:03](rc://en/tn/help/num/09/03)

## Examples from the Bible stories:

* __[12:14](rc://en/tn/help/obs/12/14)__ God commanded the Israelites to remember his victory over the Egyptians and their deliverance from slavery by celebrating the __Passover__  every year.
* __[38:01](rc://en/tn/help/obs/38/01)__ Every year, the Jews celebrated the __Passover__. This was a celebration of how God had saved their ancestors from slavery in Egypt many centuries earlier.
* __[38:04](rc://en/tn/help/obs/38/04)__ Jesus celebrated the __Passover__  with his disciples.
* __[48:09](rc://en/tn/help/obs/48/09)__ When God saw the blood, he passed over their houses and did not kill their firstborn sons. This event is called the __Passover__.
* __[48:10](rc://en/tn/help/obs/48/10)__ Jesus is our __Passover__  Lamb. He was perfect and sinless and was killed at the time of the __Passover__  celebration.

## Word Data:

* Strong’s: H6453, G3957