¹⁰ You must keep this ordinance^(A) at the appointed time^(B) year after year.

¹⁷ “‘This is a lasting ordinance^(A) for the generations to come,^(B) wherever you live:^(C) You must not eat any fat or any blood.^(D)’”

³ Celebrate it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month,^(A) in accordance with all its rules and regulations.^(B)”

The Passover^(A)

16 Observe the month of Aviv^(B) and celebrate the Passover^(C) of the Lord your God, because in the month of Aviv he brought you out of Egypt by night.

⁶ except in the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name. There you must sacrifice the Passover in the evening, when the sun goes down, on the anniversary^[a](A) of your departure from Egypt.

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