Leviticus 23:5
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5 The Passover of the Lord[a] falls on the fourteenth day of the first month, at the evening twilight.(A)
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- 23:5–6 The Passover of the Lord…feast of Unleavened Bread: the two occasions were probably separate originally. Combined they celebrate the exodus from Egypt. Cf. Ex 12:1–20, 43–49; Nm 28:16–25.
Numbers 28:11-14
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At the New Moon Feast. 11 On your new moons[a] you will offer as a burnt offering to the Lord two bulls of the herd, one ram, and seven unblemished yearling lambs, 12 with three tenths of an ephah of bran flour mixed with oil as the grain offering for each bull, two tenths of an ephah of bran flour mixed with oil as the grain offering for the ram, 13 and one tenth of an ephah of bran flour mixed with oil as the grain offering for each lamb, a burnt offering with a pleasing aroma, an oblation to the Lord. 14 Their libations will consist of a half a hin of wine for each bull, a third of a hin for the ram, and a fourth of a hin for each lamb. This is the burnt offering for the new moon, for every new moon through the months of the year.
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- 28:11 On your new moons: beginning on the evening when the crescent of the new moon first appeared. The beginning of the month is reckoned according to the new moon.
Psalm 81:4-6
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4 [a]Blow the shofar at the new moon,
at the full moon, on our solemn feast.(A)
5 For this is a law for Israel,
an edict of the God of Jacob,(B)
6 He made it a decree for Joseph
when he came out of the land of Egypt.
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