SermonStudio
Proper 18
Preaching
Preaching and Reading the Old Testament Lessons
With an Eye to the New
This particular text, which tells of the institution of the Jewish Passover feast, is to mark the beginning of the year in the month of Abib (March-April) for the Hebrews (v. 2). Originally, the New Year began in the fall with the harvest (cf. 23:16; 34:22), but it was switched to the spring by the priestly writers of the sixth century B.C., who followed the Babylonian calendar.
