pesach

  • The Day Before Pesach

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight is the Lord’s Passover.  Leviticus 23:5  NASB At twilight – Pesach.  The festival [of] the matzoth (Hebrew: חג המצות ḥag ha-matzôth.  According to the biblical text, the festival starts at twilight tonight. “Evenings were quite important for sacrificial acts and ceremonial meals in ancient Israel….

  • Standard Explanation

    BySkip Moen, Ph.D.

    For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you on the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is the blood by reason of the life that makes atonement. Leviticus 17:11 NASB Atonement – Tim Hegg’s summary of the scholarly work on the critical Hebrew…