Leviticus 23:5

In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, ¹  is a Passover offering to the Lord.

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The LORD’s Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.

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‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight is the LORD’S Passover.

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"First comes the LORD’s Passover, which begins at twilight on its appointed day in early spring.

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"GOD's Passover, beginning at sundown on the fourteenth day of the first month.

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In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at nightfall, is the Lord’s Passover;

bibleoremus Lev 23:5

In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, there shall be a passover offering to the LORD,

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‘On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the LORD’S Passover.

biblegateway Lev 23:5

In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, ¹  is a Passover offering to the Lord.

¹ tn Heb “between the two evenings,” perhaps designating the time between the setting of the sun and the true darkness of night. Cf. KJV, ASV “at even”; NAB “at the evening twilight.”

¹ sn See B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 156, for a full discussion of the issues raised in this verse. The rabbinic tradition places the slaughter of Passover offerings between approximately 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., not precisely at twilight. Moreover, the term פֶּסַח (pesakh) may mean “protective offering” rather than “Passover offering,” although they amount to about the same thing in the historical context of the exodus from Egypt (see Exod 11-12).