Slices
Prepare
Reflect on your Christian journey. Are there any landmark events that you could mark and celebrate? How do you remember the wonderful things God has done for you?
Bible passage
The Passover
9 The Lord spoke to Moses in the Desert of Sinai in the first month of the second year after they came out of Egypt. He said, 2 ‘Make the Israelites celebrate the Passover at the appointed time. 3 Celebrate it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with all its rules and regulations.’
4 So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover, 5 and they did so in the Desert of Sinai at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. The Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses.
6 But some of them could not celebrate the Passover on that day because they were ceremonially unclean on account of a dead body. So they came to Moses and Aaron that same day 7 and said to Moses, ‘We have become unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be kept from presenting the Lord’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?’
8 Moses answered them, ‘Wait until I find out what the Lord commands concerning you.’
9 Then the Lord said to Moses, 10 ‘Tell the Israelites: “When any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body or are away on a journey, they are still to celebrate the Lord’s Passover, 11 but they are to do it on the fourteenth day of the second month at twilight. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12 They must not leave any of it till morning or break any of its bones. When they celebrate the Passover, they must follow all the regulations. 13 But if anyone who is ceremonially clean and not on a journey fails to celebrate the Passover, they must be cut off from their people for not presenting the Lord’s offering at the appointed time. They will bear the consequences of their sin.
14 ‘“A foreigner residing among you is also to celebrate the Lord’s Passover in accordance with its rules and regulations. You must have the same regulations for both the foreigner and the native-born.”’
Explore
An extract from the memoirs of Pagiel, the eldest son of Okran, an Asherite: On the first anniversary of our escape from Egypt, God commanded us all to celebrate the ‘Passover’ meal (v 2). It was a good idea to worship and remind ourselves of the wonderful things God has done for our nation – but there was a problem for my family. My father had just died and, through no fault of our own, we found ourselves as a family not fit to take part in the celebrations. I felt a bit annoyed that we should be left out, when everyone else was rejoicing together.
But God always has a way to enable everyone to be included. Those who had suffered a bereavement (as we had), or those who were away on a journey at the time of the Passover, could hold their feast a month later. Even foreigners were included, as long as they fulfilled all of God’s regulations as to how the feast is celebrated, in the same way that we Israelites are instructed to (vs 9–11).
Respond
This passage talks about celebrating the things God has done and following his instructions carefully. Write a list of some of the things God has done for you and of some of the instructions he has given to you. Who could you share these lists with?
Bible in a year
Read the Bible in a year: Nehemiah 13; Luke 10
Pray for Scripture Union
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