Leviticus 23:5-7

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⁵“The Passover of the Lord: This is to be celebrated on the first day of April,^[a] beginning at sundown.

⁶“The Festival of Unleavened Bread: This is to be celebrated beginning the day following the Passover, and for seven days you must not eat any bread made with yeast. ⁷On the first day of this festival, you shall gather the people for worship, and all ordinary work shall cease.^[b]

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Footnotes

Leviticus 23:5 This is to be celebrated on the first day of April, literally, “on the fourteenth day of the first month” (of the Hebrew calendar). This corresponds approximately to our April first.
Leviticus 23:7 all ordinary work shall cease, literally, “you shall do no hard work.”