逾越节，又称无酵节、除酵节、巴斯卦节，是犹太教的三大节期之一。此节期纪念上帝在杀死埃及一切头胎生物的同时，并杀死埃及人的长子。

《旧约圣经》中《出埃及记》的第12章25-27节中写道： 逾越节行的礼是献给耶和华逾越节的祭，当以色列人在埃及的时候，他击杀埃及人。越过以色列人的房屋，救了以色列各家。

当以色列人在埃及的时日，受到埃及人的苦役，上主选召摩西，带领以色列人离开埃及，脱离奴役的身分，前往上主应许的迦南美地。《旧约圣经》中《出埃及记》的第12章记载着：

Passover or Pesach (/ˈpɛsɑːx, ˈpeɪsɑːx/; from Hebrew פֶּסַח Pesah, Pesakh, Assyrian; ܦܸܨܚܵܐ"piskha"), is an important, biblically derived Jewish festival. The Jewish people celebrate Passover as a commemoration of their liberation by God from slavery in Egypt and their freedom as a nation under the leadership of Moses. It commemorates the story of the Exodus as described in the Hebrew Bible especially in the Book of Exodus, in which the Israelites were freed from slavery in Egypt. According to standard biblical chronology, this event would have taken place at about 1300 BCE (AM 2450).