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Book III: On the Passover Celebrated at Gilgal. (De Celebrato in Galgalis Paschate.)

On the Passover Celebrated at Gilgal. (De Celebrato in Galgalis Paschate.) (opening)

The text describes the celebration of the first Passover after the crossing of the Jordan — from v. 10 to 13 — in two ways. First, by declaring precisely how they kept the Passover (v. 10); then, how [they kept] the ceremony of the Unleavened [bread] (vv. 11 & 12). And of the former, indeed, three [things] are handed down: first, [that] the Israelites in general kept the Passover; secondly, the time of this thing; thirdly, the place. And of the two former [it] was treated in Exodus; but some [things are] to be called [in] here.

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Nicolaus Serarius, S.J., “On the Passover Celebrated at Gilgal. (De Celebrato in Galgalis Paschate.) (opening),” in Commentary on Joshua, Volume I, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/serarius-joshua-1/325-on-the-passover-celebrated-at-gilgal-de-celebrato-in-gal/.

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