Leviticus 23:5

5 The Passover^[a] to the Lord comes in the first month, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the month.

Leviticus 23:5 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 23:5

In the fourteenth [day] of the first month
The month Nisan, the same with Abib, the month in which the children of Israel came out of Egypt, for which reason it was made the first month in the year, answering to part of our March and part of April; and for the same reason was the passover kept at this time, as follows: at even [is] the Lord's passover;
that is, that was the time for the keeping the passover, even "between the two evenings", as it may be rendered; from the sixth hour and onward, as Jarchi, trial is, after noon or twelve o'clock the middle of the day, as Gersom, when the sun began to decline; (See Gill on Exodus 12:6).

Leviticus 23:5 In-Context

3 "For six days work may be done, but on the seventh day there must be a Sabbath of complete rest, a sacred assembly. You are not to do any work; it is a Sabbath to the Lord wherever you live.

4 "These are the Lord's appointed times, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times

5 The Passover to the Lord comes in the first month, at twilight on the fourteenth day of the month.

6 The Festival of Unleavened Bread to the Lord is on the fifteenth day of the same month. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread.

7 On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any daily work.

Footnotes

• [a]. Nm 28:4; Lk 22:15; 1 Co 5:7