Sunday, December 24, 2023

Leviticus 23:5

 Leviticus 23:5

In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover.


a. ASV: In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, is Jehovah’s passover.  [Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.]


b. YLT: In the first month, on the fourteenth of the month, between the evenings, is the passover to Jehovah;  [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]


c. Classic Amplified: On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord’s Passover. [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]


d. NLT: “The LORD’s Passover begins at sundown on the fourteenth day of the first month.   [Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.]


e. Stone Edition THE CHUMASH, Rabbinic Commentary: In the first month on the fourteenth of the month in the afternoon is the time of the pesach-offering to HASHEM [The Artscroll Series/Stone Edition, THE CHUMASH Copyright 1998, 2000 by MESORAH PUBLICATIONS, Ldt.]


f. Peshitta Eastern Text: On the fourteenth day of the first month at evening is the LORD’S passover.  [HOLY BIBLE FROM THE ANCIENT EASTERN TEXT.Copyright  Ⓒ 1933 by A.J. Holmon Co.; copyright  Ⓒ renewed 1968 by A.J. Holmon Co.; All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. HarperCollins Publishers, 195 Broadway, New York, NY 10007.]


1. “In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover.”


a. [in the] fourteenth [day] [Strong: 702 ʼarbaʻ, ar-bah'; masculine אַרְבָּעָה ʼarbâʻâh; from H7251; four:—four.] [Strong: 6240 ʻâsâr, aw-sawr'; for H6235; ten (only in combination), i.e. -teen; also (ordinal) -teenth:—(eigh-, fif-, four-, nine-, seven-, six-, thir-) teen(-th), + eleven(-th), + sixscore thousand, + twelve(-th).]


b. [of the] first [Strong: 7223 riʼshôwn, ree-shone'; or רִאשֹׁן riʼshôn; from H7221; first, in place, time or rank (as adjective or noun):—ancestor, (that were) before(-time), beginning, eldest, first, fore(-father) (-most), former (thing), of old time, past.]


c. month [Strong: 2320 chôdesh, kho'-desh; from H2318; the new moon; by implication, a month:—month(-ly), new moon.]


1). The Jewish calendar begins in the month of Passover.


a). Exodus 12:1, 2 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt saying,

12:2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.


2). Names of Months. The names of the months of the Hebrew calendar are:


a). Abib or Nisan ( Exodus 12:2-37 ; Exodus 13:4 ; Nehemiah 2:1 ; Esther 3:7 ); Iyar or Zif ( 1 Kings 6:1 );


b). Sivan ( Esther 8:9 );


c). Tammuz ( Ezekiel 8:14 );


d). Ab;


e). Elul ( Nehemiah 6:15 );


f). Ethanim or Tishri ( 1 Kings 8:2 );


g). Marchesvan or Bul ( 1 Kings 6:38 );


h). Chisleu ( Zechariah 7:1 );


i). Tebeth ( Esther 2:16 );


j). Sebat ( Zechariah 1:7 );


k). Adar ( Esther 3:7 ). https://www.biblestudytools.com/encyclopedias/condensed-biblical-encyclopedia/hebrew-calendar.html 


d. at [Strong: 996 bêyn, bane; (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from H995; a distinction; but used only as a preposition, between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or:—among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), + from (the widest), × in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.]


e. even [Strong: 6153 ʻereb, eh'-reb; from H6150; dusk:— day, even(-ing, tide), night.]


1). The Jewish day begins in the evening, and ends at evening the next day.


a). Genesis 1:1-5 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

1:3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.

1:4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.

1:5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.


f. [is the] LORD’S [Strong: 3068 Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'; from H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God:—Jehovah, the Lord.]


g. passover [Strong: 6453 peçach, peh'-sakh; from H6452; a pretermission, i.e. exemption; used only techically of the Jewish Passover (the festival or the victim):—passover (offering).]


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