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…