Luke 2:41

Jesus In The Temple At Twelve Years Old

⁴⁰ The child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom and was blessed by God. ⁴¹ Now His parents went to Jerusalem every year at the Feast of the Passover. ⁴² When he was twelve years old they went to the feast of the Passover, as was their custom.

Feast of the Passover

Israel

Jerusalem

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Moses

Deuteronomy 16:1-8

Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to Jehovah your God. It was in the month of Abib that Jehovah your God brought you out of Egypt by night.

1 Samuel 1:3

This man went to Shiloh every year to worship and to make offerings to Jehovah (YHWH) of Hosts. The two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas were the priests of Jehovah at Shiloh.

John 2:13

The Passover of the Jews was at hand and Jesus went to Jerusalem.

Exodus 12:14

This day will be a memorial to you. You shall celebrate it as a feast to Jehovah. You are to celebrate it as a permanent ordinance throughout your generations.

Exodus 23:14-17

Celebrate three festivals a year to honor me.

Exodus 34:23

Three times a year all your men must come into the presence of the Sovereign Jehovah, the God of Israel.

Leviticus 23:5

The Passover, celebrated to honor Jehovah, begins at sunset on the fourteenth day of the first month.

Numbers 28:16

Jehovah's Passover is the fourteenth day of the first month.

Deuteronomy 12:5-7

You should seek Jehovah at the place Jehovah your God chooses out of all your tribes. This is where he will dwell and establish his name. This is where you should go.

Deuteronomy 12:11

It will happen in the place Jehovah choose for his name to dwell, there you shall bring all that I command you. Bring your burnt offerings and your sacrifices, your tithes and the contribution of your hand, and all your choice vowed offerings that you will vow to Jehovah.

Deuteronomy 12:18

You and your sons and daughters, male and female slaves, and the Levites who live in your cities must eat these in the presence of Jehovah your God at the place he will choose. There in the presence of Jehovah your God enjoy everything for which you have worked.

Deuteronomy 16:16

Three times a year all your men must come into the presence of Jehovah your God at the place he will choose. At the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Booths. But no one may come into the presence of Jehovah without an offering.

1 Samuel 1:21

The time came again for Elkanah and his family to go to Shiloh and offer to Jehovah the yearly sacrifice and the special sacrifice he promised.

John 6:4

It was time for the Passover feast of the Jews.

John 11:55

It was the Jewish Passover. Many went out of the country to Jerusalem to purify themselves before the Passover.

John 13:1

Jesus knew before the feast of the Passover that the time had come for him to leave this world and return to his Father. He loved his own who were in the world to the very end.