Passover
Posted by the author on February 29th, 2008Passover, also known as Pesach or Pesah, is an eight-day Jewish holiday (seven days in Israel) that commemorates the exodus and freedom of the Israelites from Egypt; it is also observed by some Christians to commemorate the deliverance from sin by the death of Jesus.
The term Passover comes from the Bible, first mentioned in the book of Exodus. As God pronounced to the people of Israel enslaved in Egypt that he would free them, he said he would “Smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt.” However, he instructed the Israelites to put a sign of lamb’s blood on their door posts: “and when I see the blood, I will pass over you.” (Exodus 12, King James Version). It came into the English language through William Tyndale’s translation of the Bible. The original word in the Hebrew Torah is posach, hence Pesach…
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