Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “’In the first month on the fourteenth day you are to observe the Passover, a festival lasting seven days, during which you shall eat bread made without yeast. New Living Translation “On the fourteenth day of the first month, you must celebrate the Passover. This festival will last for seven days. The bread you eat during that time must be made without yeast. English Standard Version “In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall celebrate the Feast of the Passover, and for seven days unleavened bread shall be eaten. Berean Standard Bible On the fourteenth day of the first month you are to observe the Passover, a feast of seven days, during which unleavened bread shall be eaten. Berean Literal Bible In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, will be for you⁺ the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. King James Bible In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. New King James Version “In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall observe the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. New American Standard Bible “In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. NASB 1995 “In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. NASB 1977 “In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. Legacy Standard Bible “In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. Amplified Bible “In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. Berean Annotated Bible On the fourteenth day of the first month you⁺ are to observe the Passover, a feast of seven days, during which unleavened bread shall be eaten. Christian Standard Bible “In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you are to celebrate the Passover, a festival of seven days during which unleavened bread will be eaten. Holman Christian Standard Bible In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you are to celebrate the Passover, a festival of seven days during which unleavened bread will be eaten. American Standard Version In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. Contemporary English Version Beginning on the fourteenth day of the first month, and continuing for seven days, everyone will celebrate Passover and eat bread made without yeast. English Revised Version In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. GOD'S WORD® Translation " 'On the fourteenth day of the first month, you will celebrate the Passover, a festival lasting seven days when unleavened bread is eaten. Good News Translation "On the fourteenth day of the first month you will begin the celebration of the Passover Festival. For seven days everyone will eat bread made without yeast. International Standard Version "'On the fourteenth day of the first month, you are to observe the Passover as a festival for seven days. Unleavened bread is to be eaten. NET Bible "'In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you will celebrate the Passover, and for seven days bread made without yeast will be eaten. New Heart English Bible "'In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. Webster's Bible Translation In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleOn the fourteenth day of the first month you are to observe the Passover, a feast of seven days, during which unleavened bread shall be eaten. World English Bible “‘“In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionIn the first [month], on the fourteenth day of the month, you have the Passover, a celebration of seven days, unleavened bread is eaten. Berean Literal Bible In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, will be for you⁺ the Passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. Young's Literal Translation In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye have the passover, a feast of seven days, unleavened food is eaten. Smith's Literal Translation In the first, in the fourteenth day in the month, the passover shall be to you the festival of seven days; unleavened shall be eaten. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIn the first month, the fourteenth day of the month, you shall observe the solemnity of the pasch: seven days unleavened bread shall be eaten. Catholic Public Domain Version In the first month, the fourteenth day of the month shall be for you the solemnity of the Passover. For seven days, unleavened bread shall be eaten. New American Bible On the fourteenth day of the first month you shall observe the feast of Passover; for seven days unleavened bread must be eaten. New Revised Standard Version In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall celebrate the festival of the passover, and for seven days unleavened bread shall be eaten. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIn the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you shall celebrate the feast of the passover, and you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And on the fourteenth of the first month shall be Passover and the feast for you, and you shall eat unleavened bread seven days OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the passover; a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. Brenton Septuagint Translation And in the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, ye shall have the feast of the passover; seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Offerings and Feasts…20You must do the same thing on the seventh day of the month for anyone who strays unintentionally or in ignorance. In this way you will make atonement for the temple. 21On the fourteenth day of the first month you are to observe the Passover, a feast of seven days, during which unleavened bread shall be eaten. 22On that day the prince shall provide a bull as a sin offering for himself and for all the people of the land.… Cross References On the fourteenth day of the first month Leviticus 23:5 The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. Exodus 12:6 You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight. Numbers 9:3 You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.” you are to observe the Passover Deuteronomy 16:1-2 Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. / You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Numbers 9:2-5 “The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time. / You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.” / So Moses told the Israelites to observe the Passover, … Exodus 12:24-27 And you are to keep this command as a permanent statute for you and your descendants. / When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to keep this service. / When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’ … a feast of seven days Leviticus 23:6-8 On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. / On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work. / For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.’” Exodus 12:15-16 For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel. / On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do. Numbers 28:17 On the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten. during which unleavened bread shall be eaten. Deuteronomy 16:3-4 You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt. / No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning. Exodus 12:8 They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Joshua 5:10-11 On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover. / The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land. Exodus 12:1-28 Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, / “This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year. / Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household. … Leviticus 23:4-8 These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times. / The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. / On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. … Numbers 9:1-14 In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai: / “The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time. / You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.” … 2 Chronicles 30:1-27 Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel. / For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month, / since they had been unable to keep it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem. … Treasury of Scripture In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, you shall have the passover, a feast of seven days; unleavened bread shall be eaten. ye shall Exodus 12:1-51 And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, … Leviticus 23:5-8 In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover… Numbers 9:2-14 Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season… Jump to Previous Bread Celebrate Eat Eaten Feast First Food Fourteenth Lasting Month Observe Passover Seven Unleavened YeastJump to Next Bread Celebrate Eat Eaten Feast First Food Fourteenth Lasting Month Observe Passover Seven Unleavened YeastEzekiel 45 1. The portion of land for the sanctuary6. for the city 7. and for the prince 9. Ordinances for the prince On the fourteenth day of the first month This phrase refers to the specific timing of the Passover, which is celebrated on the 14th day of Nisan, the first month of the Jewish religious calendar. This timing is significant as it marks the beginning of the Jewish festival cycle and commemorates the Israelites' exodus from Egypt. The date is established in Exodus 12:6 and is a perpetual ordinance for the Israelites. The first month, Nisan, corresponds to March-April in the Gregorian calendar. you are to observe the Passover a feast of seven days during which unleavened bread shall be eaten Persons / Places / Events 1. EzekielA prophet during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel's messages often focus on the restoration of Israel and the proper worship of God. 2. Passover An important Jewish festival commemorating the Israelites' deliverance from slavery in Egypt, as described in Exodus 12. 3. Unleavened Bread Bread made without yeast, symbolizing purity and the haste with which the Israelites left Egypt. 4. Israelites The chosen people of God, who were delivered from Egyptian bondage and given the Law, including the observance of Passover. 5. Babylonian Exile The period when the Israelites were taken captive to Babylon, during which Ezekiel prophesied. Teaching Points Significance of RemembranceThe Passover serves as a powerful reminder of God's deliverance and faithfulness. Christians are called to remember Christ's sacrifice, which fulfills the Passover. Symbolism of Unleavened Bread Unleavened bread represents purity and separation from sin. Believers are encouraged to live lives free from the "leaven" of sin. Continuity of God's Plan The observance of Passover in Ezekiel's vision points to the continuity of God's redemptive plan, culminating in Jesus Christ. Community and Worship The communal aspect of Passover highlights the importance of gathering together in worship and remembrance, a practice continued in Christian fellowship. Preparation and Readiness Just as the Israelites prepared for their journey, Christians are called to be spiritually prepared and ready for Christ's return. Bible Study Questions and Answers 1. What is the meaning of Ezekiel 45:21?2. How does Ezekiel 45:21 emphasize the importance of observing the Passover feast? 3. What does Ezekiel 45:21 teach about the role of religious festivals today? 4. How can Christians today honor the principles found in Ezekiel 45:21? 5. How does the Passover in Ezekiel 45:21 connect to Christ's sacrifice? 6. What practical steps can families take to remember God's deliverance, as in Ezekiel 45:21? 7. What is the significance of the Passover in Ezekiel 45:21 for Christians today? 8. How does Ezekiel 45:21 relate to the concept of sacrifice in Christianity? 9. Why is the Passover mentioned in Ezekiel 45:21 important for understanding biblical prophecy? 10. What are the top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 45? 11. What foods are mentioned in the Bible? 12. Can unleavened bread be used for Communion? 13. What is unleavened bread? 14. What events occurred during the Last Supper? What Does Ezekiel 45:21 Mean On the fourteenth dayThe specified day anchors Passover in time, just as Exodus 12:6, Leviticus 23:5, and Numbers 28:16 do. God’s calendar is precise, reminding His people that redemption is not random but planned. • The fourteenth anticipates the exact hour when the lambs were slain in Egypt. • It foreshadows the moment Christ, “our Passover lamb,” was sacrificed (1 Corinthians 5:7). • Ezekiel’s future temple vision (chapters 40–48) shows this date will still matter when Messiah reigns (cf. Ezekiel 45:22). of the first month The “first month” (Abib/Nisan) begins Israel’s religious year (Exodus 12:2; Deuteronomy 16:1). God resets time around deliverance. • Every new year recalls the night slavery ended and freedom began. • Prophetically, this points to the coming kingdom’s fresh start for the world (Isaiah 65:17–18; Revelation 21:5). you are to observe the Passover The verb is personal and imperative—“you” must keep it. Passover is both memorial and prophecy. • Memorial: God “passed over” homes marked by blood (Exodus 12:13). • Prophecy: Jesus said, “I have eagerly desired to eat this Passover with you before My suffering” (Luke 22:15), revealing Himself as the true Lamb (John 1:29). • Future: Nations will come to Jerusalem to worship the King (Zechariah 14:16), and Passover will be celebrated again (Ezekiel 45:22). a feast of seven days Seven days symbolize completeness and covenant fullness (Genesis 2:3). • An entire week of fellowship emphasizes abiding in redemption, not a momentary ritual. • Israel’s calendar also sets seven-day feasts for Unleavened Bread and Tabernacles (Leviticus 23:6, 34), both echoed in Ezekiel’s temple vision, underscoring continuity. during which unleavened bread shall be eaten Unleavened bread pictures purity—removing yeast removes corruption (Exodus 12:15). • Literal obedience: the people will physically eat unleavened loaves in the future sanctuary (Ezekiel 45:23-24). • Spiritual application: “Let us keep the feast… with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth” (1 Corinthians 5:8). • Christ’s body, without sin (“leaven”), was broken during Passover, fulfilling the symbol (1 Peter 1:19). summary Ezekiel 45:21 reaffirms God’s timeless Passover ordinance: on the exact fourteenth day of the first month, His redeemed people will celebrate a complete seven-day feast, eating unleavened bread in remembrance of deliverance. The verse looks back to Egypt, points to Christ’s sacrifice, and anticipates a future kingdom where the same literal feast will highlight God’s faithful, unchanging plan of redemption. Verse 21. - With the fourteenth day of the month, the day appointed by the Law of Moses for the killing of the Paschal lamb (Exodus 12:6), the Passover (חַפָסַה with the article, the well-known festival of that name) should commence. Though the selection of the lamb upon the tenth day of the first month is not specified, it may be assumed that this would be implied in the appointment of a Passover which should begin on the day already legalized by the Mosaic Torah. According to Wellhausen and Smend, the first mention of the Passover occurs in Deuteronomy 16:2, 5, 6, and the next in 2 Kings 23:22; but this can only be maintained by declaring Exodus 34:25, which occurs in the so-called "Book of the Covenant" - a pre-Deuteronomic work - "a gloss," and by relegating Exodus 12. to the "priest-code" for no other reason than that it alludes to the Passover (vers. 11, 21, 27, 43) - a principle of easy application, and capable of being used to prove anything. Smend likewise regards it as strange that the Passover should be made to commence on the fourteenth of the month, and not, as the autumn feast, on the fifteenth (ver. 25); and suggests that the original reading, which he supposes was the fifteenth, may have been corrected subsequently in accordance with the priest, code. But if the priest-cede was posterior to and modeled after Ezekiel. Why should it have ordained the fourteenth instead of that which its master recommended, viz. the fifteenth? A sufficient explanation of the differing dates in Ezekiel is supplied if Ezekiel, in fixing them, may be held to have followed the so-called priest-cede. A feast of seven days; literally, a feast of hebdomad of days (חַג שְׁבֻעות יָמִים). By almost all interpreters this is understood to mean "a feast of a full week, the exact duration of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which began with the eating of the Paschal lamb (Exodus 12:8, 15-20; Leviticus 23:6; Numbers 9:11; Deuteronomy 16:3, 4). At the same time, it is frankly admitted that, to extract this sense from the words, שְׁבֻעות must be changed into שְׁבְעַת. As the words stand, they can only signify a feast of weeks of days. חַג שְׁבֻעות, in Exodus 34:22 and Deuteronomy 16:10, is applied to the Feast of Pentecost, which was called "a Feast of Hebdomads," from the seven weeks which intervened between the Passover and it. Hence Kliefoth, adhering to the legitimate sense of the expression, understands the prophet to say that the whole period of seven weeks between the first Passover and Pentecost should be celebrated in the new dispensation as a Feast of Unleavened Bread. In support of this Kliefoth cites a similar use of the word "days" in Genesis 29:14; Genesis 41:1; Deuteronomy 21:13; 2 Kings 15:13; Jeremiah 28:3, 11; Daniel 10:2, 3; and certainly no objection can be taken to a Passover of seven weeks, if Ezekiel may be supposed to have been merely expressing analogically spiritual conceptions, and not furnishing actual legislation to be afterwards put in operation. Against this translation, however, Keil urges that the expression, "seven days of the feast" (ver. 23), appears to mark the duration of the festival; but this is not so convincing as its author imagines, since the prophet may be held as describing, in vers. 23, 24, the procedure of each seven days without intending to unsay what he had already stated, that the feast should continue seven weeks of days. A second objection pressed by Keil, that יָמִים "is not usually connected with the preceding noun in the construct state, but is attached as an adverbial accusative," as in the above-cited passages, is sufficiently disposed of by Kliefoth's statement that the punctuation might easily be altered so as to read שָׁבֻעות. Upon the whole, while not free from difficulty, the view of Kliefoth seems best supported by argument.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew On the fourteenthבְּאַרְבָּעָ֨ה (bə·’ar·bā·‘āh) Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular Strong's 702: Four day יוֹם֙ (yō·wm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3117: A day of the first month בָּ֠רִאשׁוֹן (bā·ri·šō·wn) Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7223: First, in place, time, rank you are to observe יִהְיֶ֥ה (yih·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be the Passover, הַפָּ֑סַח (hap·pā·saḥ) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6453: A pretermission, exemption, Passover a feast חָ֕ג (ḥāḡ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2282: A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast of seven שְׁבֻע֣וֹת (šə·ḇu·‘ō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 7620: A period of seven (days, years), heptad, week days, יָמִ֔ים (yā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3117: A day during which unleavened bread מַצּ֖וֹת (maṣ·ṣō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural Strong's 4682: Sweetness, sweet, an unfermented cake, loaf, the festival of Passover shall be eaten. יֵאָכֵֽל׃ (yê·’ā·ḵêl) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat Links Ezekiel 45:21 NIVEzekiel 45:21 NLT Ezekiel 45:21 ESV Ezekiel 45:21 NASB Ezekiel 45:21 KJV Ezekiel 45:21 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 45:21 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 45:21 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 45:21 French Bible Ezekiel 45:21 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 45:21 In the first month in the fourteenth (Ezek. 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