Editing Passover (section)

===The Passover in other biblical passages===
Called the "festival [of] the unleavened bread" ({{langx|hbo|חג המצות|ḥaḡ ham-maṣoṯ}}) in the [[Hebrew Bible]], the commandment to keep Passover is recorded in the [[Book of Leviticus]]:
{{blockquote
|text=In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at dusk is the LORD's Passover. And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD; seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread. In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work. And ye shall bring an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days; in the seventh day is a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work.
|source={{bibleverse|Leviticus|23:5–8|HE}} ([[Jewish Publication Society of America Version|JPS 1917 Version]])
}}

The sacrifices may be performed only in a specific place prescribed by God. For Judaism, this is Jerusalem.<ref>{{bibleverse|Deuteronomy|16:2, 5|HE}}</ref>

The biblical commandments concerning the Passover (and the Feast of Unleavened Bread) stress the importance of remembering:
* Exodus 12:14 commands about God's sparing of the firstborn from the [[Plagues of Egypt#plague10|Tenth Plague]]: "And this day shall be unto you for a memorial, and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD; throughout your generations ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever."<ref>{{Bibleverse|Exodus|12:14|HE}}</ref>
* Exodus 13:3 repeats the command to remember: "Remember this day, in which you came out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, for by strength the hand of the LORD brought you out from this place."<ref>{{Bibleverse|Exodus|13:3|HE}}</ref>
* Deuteronomy 16:12: "And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt; and thou shalt observe and do these statutes".<ref>{{Bibleverse|Deuteronomy|16:12|HE}}</ref>

In 2 Kings 23:21–23 and 2 Chronicles 35:1–19, King [[Josiah]] of [[Kingdom of Judah|Judah]] restores the celebration of the Passover,<ref>{{bibleverse|2 Kings|23:21–23|HE}} and {{bibleverse|2 Chronicles|35:1–19|HE}}</ref> to a standard not seen since the days of the [[Biblical judges|judges]] or the days of the [[Biblical prophet|prophet]] [[Samuel]].<ref>{{bibleverse|2 Kings|23:21–23|HE}}; {{bibleverse|2 Chronicles|35:1–18|HE}}</ref>

Ezra 6:19–21 records the celebration of the passover by the Jews who had returned from [[Babylonian captivity|exile in Babylon]], after the [[Second Temple|temple had been rebuilt]].<ref>{{bibleverse|Ezra|6:19–21|HE}}</ref>