Tallytha Kruin
11/6/11 Writes:
If the
Passover Dinner Is Eaten on Nisan 15, Why Does YEHOVAH Say, "The 14th of Nisan
Is the Passover"?
Because of much false teaching, many are still confused |
A person
once wrote to me, saying, "I've caught you in some errors. You need to get your
ducks in a row. I disagree with your claim that the Passover ought to be on
Nisan 15. I say you cannot show me one verse in HIS WORD saying the PASSOVER is
on the 15th of Nisan. I can show you many places where it says 'The 14th of
Nisan is the Passover of the LORD.' Here are a few: Lev. 23:5; Num. 9:5,
28:16-17; Joshua 5:10-11; Ezek. 45:21."
What about
this point? Do these verses prove we must observe the Passover on Nisan 14?
There is no question but that PART of the Passover is kept on the 14th of Nisan
-- that is when the lambs were to be presented to the priests at the
The verses
mentioned above are in reference to the SLAYING of the Passover, that is, the
killing of the lamb. The Passover lamb was SLAIN "AT EVEN" (Lev. 23:5) --
Josephus shows it was essentially between 3-5 P.M. of Nisan 14. Then it had to
be taken home from the
When
Scripture says "they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month
at evening," (Num.9:5), it is referring to the fact that the lambs were SLAIN at
that time! But since you cannot slay and eat at the same time (unless you ate it
raw!), you must add to that time of slaying the time needed for preparation,
cooking, and eating, which must of necessity be several hours later -- or on the
15th.
Numbers
28:16 points out the obvious: "And in the fourteenth day of the first month is
the passover of the LORD." That is, it was KILLED then. "And in the fifteenth
day of the month is the FEAST." That is just as it should be -- the killing of
the lamb is in the 14th, without which there could be no Passover FEAST, which
is here even said to be on the fifteenth!
In Joshua's
day the children of
In fact,
YEHOVAH God "made" the firmament (Gen. 1:7), He "made" the beasts of the earth
(v.25), He "saw everything that He had MADE" (v.31), He "ended his work which he
had made" (Gen. 2:2), He "made the earth" (2:4), and made "a woman" (2:22). Adam
and Eve "made" aprons after they sinned (Gen. 3:7). In fact, YEHOVAH God "made"
man in His likeness, and later repented that He had "made" him (Gen. 5:1;
6:6-7). The word in every one of these cases is asah.
Therefore,
people who get hung up on the word "kept," when discussing the "Passover," need
to be AWARE of the real meaning of this word ASAH in the Hebrew language!
It would be best to translate the passages where this word is used to apply to
the Passover, "they MADE the Passover on the fourteenth of the first month."
This would solve the difficulty in understanding. They MADE the "Passover" on
the 14th, by taking it to the priests at theTemple, for approval and
certification, by killing the lamb, and by roasting it. They "made" the Passover
by all the preparations they made that day, the 14th of Nisan -- but they ATE it
on the 15th!
This is the
true teaching of the Word of YEHOVAH God. To attempt to observe the Passover
differently, or at a different time than YEHOVAH directs, is tantamount to
rebellion against YEHOVAH's Word, which says explicitly: "Ye shall not ADD unto
the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish anything from it, that
ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you" (Deut.
4:2). The apostle John also wrote: "If any man shall ADD unto these things, God
shall ADD unto him the PLAGUES that are written in this book; and if any man
shall TAKE AWAY from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall TAKE AWAY
his part from the tree of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things
that are written in this book" (Rev. 22:18-19).