Exodus 13:10
ESV
You shall therefore keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.
NIV
You must keep this ordinance at the appointed time year after year.
NASB
Therefore, you shall keep this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year.
CSB
Keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.
NLT
So observe the decree of this festival at the appointed time each year.
KJV
Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.
NKJV
You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.
What does Exodus 13:10 mean?
To maintain their memory of all God had done to free them from Egypt (Exodus 12:40–41), Israel was to observe Passover (Exodus 12:11) and the Feast of Unleavened Bread every year (Exodus 12:17). These were connected to the date of their liberation. At the time, this month was called Abib and was later known as Nisan. Because of the exodus from Egypt, this became the first month of the Hebrew calendar (Exodus 12:2).This passage has focused so far on the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Exodus 13:6–7). This begins just after the Passover sacrifice, on the fourteenth day of the first month. This is based on a lunar calendar, so the precise dates vary; this is typically in late March to early April. The celebration ends on the twenty-first day of the month (Exodus 12:18). Israelites are to celebrate this as a way of honoring their rescue from harsh slavery (Exodus 1:11–14).
By the time of Jesus' earthly ministry, the entire week of remembrance was often referred to as "Passover." Jesus, His family, and His early followers participated in Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Matthew 26:17; Luke 2:41; John 2:23). Many details of Passover were meant to predict Jesus' sacrifice on that same day (Matthew 26:1–2; 1 Corinthians 5:6–8).
