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Then the whole assembly of the community of Israel must slaughter their lamb or young goat at twilight. <a href="/esv/exodus/12.htm">English Standard Version</a> and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight. <a href="/bsb/exodus/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight. <a href="/kjv/exodus/12.htm">King James Bible</a> And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/12.htm">New King James Version</a> Now you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight. <a href="/nasb_/exodus/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to slaughter it at twilight. <a href="/nasb/exodus/12.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8216You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight. <a href="/nasb77/exodus/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight. <a href="/lsb/exodus/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight. <a href="/amp/exodus/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a> You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to slaughter it at twilight. <a href="/csb/exodus/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> You are to keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembly of the community of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> You are to keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembly of the community of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight. <a href="/asv/exodus/12.htm">American Standard Version</a> and ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at even. <a href="/cev/exodus/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Each family must take care of its animal until the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, when the animals are to be killed. <a href="/erv/exodus/12.htm">English Revised Version</a> and ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at even. <a href="/gwt/exodus/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Take care of it until the fourteenth [day] of this month. "Then at dusk, all the assembled people from the community of Israel must slaughter their animals. <a href="/gnt/exodus/12.htm">Good News Translation</a> Then, on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, the whole community of Israel will kill the animals. <a href="/isv/exodus/12.htm">International Standard Version</a> It is to remain under your care until the fourteenth day of this month, and then the entire assembly of the congregation of Israel is to slaughter it at twilight. <a href="/net/exodus/12.htm">NET Bible</a> You must care for it until the fourteenth day of this month, and then the whole community of Israel will kill it around sundown. <a href="/nheb/exodus/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at evening. <a href="/wbt/exodus/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/exodus/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight. <a href="/web/exodus/12.htm">World English Bible</a> You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at evening. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And it has become a charge to you, until the fourteenth day of this month, and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel has slaughtered it between the evenings; <a href="/ylt/exodus/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'And it hath become a charge to you, until the fourteenth day of this month, and the whole assembly of the company of Israel have slaughtered it between the evenings; <a href="/slt/exodus/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And it shall be to you for a preservation till the fourteenth day of this month; and they shall slaughter it, all the convocation of the assembly of Israel, between the two evenings.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month: and the whole multitude of the children of Israel shall sacrifice it in the evening. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month. And the entire multitude of the sons of Israel shall immolate it toward evening. <a href="/nabre/exodus/12.htm">New American Bible</a> You will keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, and then, with the whole community of Israel assembled, it will be slaughtered during the evening twilight. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembled congregation of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at sunset <a href="/hpbt/exodus/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And it will be kept with you until the fourteenth in this month and all the people of the assembly of the children of Israel will kill it at the setting of the sun.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> and ye shall keep it unto the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at dusk. <a href="/sep/exodus/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And it shall be kept by you till the fourteenth of this month, and all the multitude of the congregation of the children of Israel shall kill it toward evening. <a href="/parallel/exodus/12-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=2729" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/12.htm">The First Passover</a> …5Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats. 6<a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">You must</a> <a href="/hebrew/4931.htm" title="4931: lə·miš·me·reṯ (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- Fem. Of mishmar; watch, i.e. The act, or The sentry, the post; obj. Preservation, or Safe; fig. Observance, i.e. Duty or A usage or party.">keep</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">it</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">until</a> <a href="/hebrew/702.htm" title="702: ’ar·bā·‘āh (Number-ms) -- Four. Masculine oarbaah; from raba'; four.">the fourteenth</a> <a href="/hebrew/6240.htm" title="6240: ‘ā·śār (Number-ms) -- Ten. For eser; ten, i.e. -teen; also -teenth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·wm (N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">of the</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: la·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">month,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kōl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">when the whole</a> <a href="/hebrew/6951.htm" title="6951: qə·hal (N-msc) -- Assembly, convocation, congregation. From qahal; assemblage.">assembly</a> <a href="/hebrew/5712.htm" title="5712: ‘ă·ḏaṯ- (N-fsc) -- Congregation. Feminine of ed in the original sense of fixture; a stated assemblage.">of the congregation</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel</a> <a href="/hebrew/7819.htm" title="7819: wə·šā·ḥă·ṭū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To slaughter, beat. A primitive root; to slaughter.">will slaughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">the animals</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bên (Prep) -- An interval, space between. ">at</a> <a href="/hebrew/6153.htm" title="6153: hā·‘ar·bā·yim (Art:: N-md) -- Evening. From arab; dusk.">twilight.</a> 7They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/leviticus/23-5.htm">Leviticus 23:5</a> The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. <a href="/numbers/9-3.htm">Numbers 9:3</a> You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.” <a href="/deuteronomy/16-6.htm">Deuteronomy 16:6</a> You must only offer the Passover sacrifice at the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name. Do this in the evening as the sun sets, at the same time you departed from Egypt. <a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7</a> Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. <a href="/john/19-14.htm">John 19:14</a> It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!” <a href="/matthew/26-2.htm">Matthew 26:2</a> “You know that the Passover is two days away, and the Son of Man will be handed over to be crucified.” <a href="/mark/14-12.htm">Mark 14:12</a> On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” <a href="/luke/22-7.htm">Luke 22:7</a> Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed. <a href="/hebrews/11-28.htm">Hebrews 11:28</a> By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn. <a href="/1_peter/1-19.htm">1 Peter 1:19</a> but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot. <a href="/revelation/5-6.htm">Revelation 5:6</a> Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth. <a href="/2_chronicles/30-15.htm">2 Chronicles 30:15</a> And on the fourteenth day of the second month they slaughtered the Passover lamb. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD. <a href="/ezra/6-19.htm">Ezra 6:19-20</a> On the fourteenth day of the first month, the exiles kept the Passover. / All the priests and Levites had purified themselves and were ceremonially clean. And the Levites slaughtered the Passover lamb for all the exiles, for their priestly brothers, and for themselves. <a href="/2_kings/23-21.htm">2 Kings 23:21-23</a> The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.” / No such Passover had been observed from the days of the judges who had governed Israel through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah. / But in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem. <a href="/joshua/5-10.htm">Joshua 5:10</a> On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And you shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.fourteenth<a href="/leviticus/23-5.htm">Leviticus 23:5</a> In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover.<a href="/numbers/9-3.htm">Numbers 9:3</a> In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.<a href="/numbers/28-16.htm">Numbers 28:16,18</a> And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD… the whole<a href="/2_chronicles/30-15.htm">2 Chronicles 30:15-18</a> Then they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD… <a href="/isaiah/53-6.htm">Isaiah 53:6</a> All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.<a href="/matthew/27-20.htm">Matthew 27:20,25</a> But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus… in the evening.<a href="/exodus/16-12.htm">Exodus 16:12</a> I have heard the murmurings of the children of Israel: speak unto them, saying, At even ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be filled with bread; and ye shall know that I am the LORD your God.<a href="/matthew/27-46.htm">Matthew 27:46-50</a> And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/exodus/10-28.htm">Care</a> <a href="/exodus/6-13.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">Children</a> <a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">Community</a> <a href="/genesis/50-9.htm">Company</a> <a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/exodus/11-5.htm">Death</a> <a href="/habakkuk/1-8.htm">Dusk</a> <a href="/genesis/49-27.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/daniel/8-26.htm">Evenings</a> <a href="/genesis/14-5.htm">Fourteenth</a> <a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/5-21.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/genesis/30-40.htm">Lambs</a> <a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">Month</a> <a href="/genesis/43-16.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/genesis/37-31.htm">Slaughtered</a> <a href="/luke/23-54.htm">Twilight</a> <a href="/exodus/12-4.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/12-16.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/exodus/13-19.htm">Care</a> <a href="/exodus/16-33.htm">Charge</a> <a href="/exodus/12-24.htm">Children</a> <a href="/exodus/12-19.htm">Community</a> <a href="/exodus/12-19.htm">Company</a> <a href="/exodus/12-19.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">Death</a> <a href="/exodus/16-12.htm">Dusk</a> <a href="/exodus/12-18.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/exodus/29-39.htm">Evenings</a> <a href="/exodus/12-18.htm">Fourteenth</a> <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/12-21.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/exodus/12-21.htm">Lambs</a> <a href="/exodus/12-18.htm">Month</a> <a href="/exodus/12-21.htm">Slaughter</a> <a href="/exodus/29-11.htm">Slaughtered</a> <a href="/exodus/16-12.htm">Twilight</a> <a href="/exodus/12-47.htm">Whole</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 12</div>1. <a href="/exodus/12-1.htm">The beginning of the year is changed</a> 3. <a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">The Passover is instituted</a> 11. <a href="/exodus/12-11.htm">The import of the rite of the Passover</a> 15. <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Unleavened bread</a> 29. <a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">The firstborn are slain</a> 31. <a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">The Israelites are driven out of the land</a> 37. <a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">They come to Succoth</a> 41. <a href="/exodus/12-41.htm">The time of their sojourning</a> 43. <a href="/exodus/12-43.htm">The ordinance of the Passover</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/12.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/12.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month This instruction refers to the Passover lamb, which was selected on the tenth day of the month of Nisan. The four-day period allowed the Israelites to inspect the lamb for any blemishes, ensuring it was perfect and suitable for sacrifice. This practice foreshadows Christ, the Lamb of God, who was without blemish or defect (<a href="/1_peter/1-19.htm">1 Peter 1:19</a>). The timing also aligns with Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and His subsequent crucifixion, which occurred during Passover.when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel The phrase emphasizes the communal aspect of the Passover. All Israelites participated, symbolizing unity and collective obedience to God's command. This prefigures the unity of believers in Christ, as seen in the New Testament church (<a href="/acts/2-42.htm">Acts 2:42-47</a>). The term "assembly" also highlights the importance of community worship and shared faith experiences.will slaughter the animals at twilight The slaughtering at twilight, or "between the evenings," marks the beginning of the 14th day, as the Jewish day begins at sunset. This timing is significant as it aligns with the time of Jesus' death, often referred to as the "ninth hour" or around 3 PM (<a href="/matthew/27-45.htm">Matthew 27:45-50</a>). The act of slaughtering the lambs points to the sacrificial death of Christ, who was crucified during Passover, fulfilling the typology of the Passover lamb as the ultimate sacrifice for sin.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a> The chosen people of God, who are in bondage in Egypt and are about to experience the first Passover. 2. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> The land where the Israelites are enslaved, representing a place of bondage and oppression. 3. <a href="/topical/p/passover_lamb.htm">Passover Lamb</a> The sacrificial animal that each household must keep and slaughter, symbolizing Christ as the ultimate sacrificial Lamb. 4. <a href="/topical/t/twilight.htm">Twilight</a> The specific time when the Passover lamb is to be slaughtered, marking the beginning of the Passover feast. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_fourteenth_day_of_the_month.htm">The Fourteenth Day of the Month</a> The designated time in the Hebrew calendar for the Passover, emphasizing God's precise timing and order.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/significance_of_timing.htm">Significance of Timing</a> God's instructions are precise, teaching us the importance of obedience and attention to His timing in our lives. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_unity.htm">Community and Unity</a> The whole assembly of Israel participated, highlighting the importance of communal worship and shared faith experiences. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_lamb.htm">Symbolism of the Lamb</a> The Passover lamb points to Jesus, encouraging us to reflect on His sacrifice and its implications for our salvation. <a href="/topical/p/preparation_and_anticipation.htm">Preparation and Anticipation</a> Keeping the lamb until the fourteenth day teaches us about preparation and anticipation in our spiritual walk. <a href="/topical/d/deliverance_and_redemption.htm">Deliverance and Redemption</a> The Passover event foreshadows the ultimate deliverance and redemption through Christ, reminding us of God's faithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 12</a> <a href="/q/what_does_passover_commemorate.htm">What does Passover commemorate?</a> <a href="/q/what_defines_a_house_of_prayer.htm">What is the Divine Council concept?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_john_18_28_align_with_passover.htm">John 18:28 – How do we reconcile the precise timing of Jesus’ trial and the Passover feast with other accounts that seem to present a different chronology? </a> <a href="/q/what_does_pascha_mean.htm">What does Pascha mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) Ye shall keep it up.--Heb., ye shall have it in custody: separate it, i.e., from the flock, and keep it in or near your house for four days. During this time it could be carefully and thoroughly inspected. (Comp. <a href="/exodus/12-3.htm" title="Speak you to all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:">Exodus 12:3</a>.)The whole assembly of the congregation . . . shall kill it.--Every head of a family belonging to the "congregation" was to make the necessary arrangements, to have the victim ready, and to kill it on the fourteenth day, the day of the full moon, at a time described as that "between the two evenings." There is some doubt as to the meaning of this phrase. According to Onkelos and Aben Ezra, the first evening was at sunset, the second about an hour later, when the twilight ended and the stars came out. With this view agrees the direction in <a href="/deuteronomy/16-6.htm" title="But at the place which the LORD your God shall choose to place his name in, there you shall sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came forth out of Egypt.">Deuteronomy 16:6</a> :--"Thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun." It is objected that, according to Josephus (Bell. Jud., vi. 9, ? 3), the actual time of the sacrifice was "from the ninth to the eleventh hour"--i.e., from three o'clock to five--and that there would not have been time for the customary ceremonies during the short twilight of Palestine. The ceremonies consisted in the slaughter of the lambs at the tabernacle door, and the conveyance of the blood in basins to the altar, in order that it might be sprinkled upon it. For this operation a period of several hours' duration would seem to have been necessary: hence the time came gradually to be extended; and when this had been done, a new interpretation of the phrase "between the evenings" grew up. The first evening was explained to begin with the decline of the sun from the zenith, and the second with the sunset; but this can scarcely have been the original idea.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 6. - Ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day. The interval of four days (see ver. 3) was probably intended to give ample time for the thorough inspection of the lamb, and for obtaining another, if any defect was discovered. The precept is not observed by the modern Jews; and the later Targum (which belongs to the sixth century after Christ) teaches that it was only intended to apply to the first institution; but the text of Exodus is wholly against this. The whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it. One of the main peculiarities of the Paschal sacrifice was this - that the head of each family was entitled - in the early times was required to offer the sacrifice for himself. In it no one intervened between the individual and God. Thus it was recognised that the whole nation was a nation of priests, as are Christians also, according to St. John (<a href="/revelation/1-6.htm">Revelation 1:6</a>) and St. Peter (<a href="/1_peter/2-5.htm">1 Peter 2:5</a>). The intervention of Levites at a late date (<a href="/2_chronicles/30-17.htm">2 Chronicles 30:17</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/35-5.htm">2 Chronicles 35:5</a>, etc.) was contrary to the original institution. In the evening. Literally, "between the two evenings." This phrase has been explained in two ways. Some regard the first evening as commencing when the sun begins visibly to decline from the zenith, i.e. about two or three o'clock; and the second as following the sunset. Others say, that the sunset introduces the first evening, and that the second begins when the twilight ends, which they consider to have been "an hour and twenty minutes later" (Ebn Ezra, quoted by Kalisch). The use of the phrase in ch. 16:12, and the command in <a href="/deuteronomy/16-6.htm">Deuteronomy 16:6</a> - "Thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun," seem to be decisive in favour of the second explanation. The first arose out of the later practice. When the lambs were sacrificed in the temple by a continual succession of offerers, it became impossible to complete the sacrifices in the short time originally allowed. Of necessity the work of killing the victims was commenced pretty early in the afternoon, and continued till after sunset. The interpretation of the direction was then altered, to bring it into accord with the altered practice. <a href="/commentaries/exodus/12-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>You must care for it וְהָיָ֤ה (wə·hā·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be until עַ֣ד (‘aḏ) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while the fourteenth אַרְבָּעָ֥ה (’ar·bā·‘āh) Number - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_702.htm">Strong's 702: </a> Four day י֖וֹם (yō·wm) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day of the הַזֶּ֑ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that month, לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ (la·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> The new moon, a month when the whole כֹּ֛ל (kōl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every assembly קְהַ֥ל (qə·hal) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6951.htm">Strong's 6951: </a> Assembly, convocation, congregation of the congregation עֲדַֽת־ (‘ă·ḏaṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5712.htm">Strong's 5712: </a> A stated assemblage of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc will slaughter וְשָׁחֲט֣וּ (wə·šā·ḥă·ṭū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7819.htm">Strong's 7819: </a> To slaughter, beat [the animals] אֹת֗וֹ (’ō·ṯōw) Direct object marker | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case at בֵּ֥ין (bên) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> An interval, space between twilight. הָעַרְבָּֽיִם׃ (hā·‘ar·bā·yim) Article | Noun - md <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6153.htm">Strong's 6153: </a> Evening <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/12-6.htm">Exodus 12:6 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/12-6.htm">Exodus 12:6 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/12-6.htm">Exodus 12:6 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/12-6.htm">Exodus 12:6 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/12-6.htm">Exodus 12:6 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/12-6.htm">Exodus 12:6 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/12-6.htm">Exodus 12:6 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/12-6.htm">Exodus 12:6 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/12-6.htm">Exodus 12:6 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/12-6.htm">Exodus 12:6 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/12-6.htm">OT Law: Exodus 12:6 And you shall keep it until (Exo. 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