3 Heb “between the two evenings,” perhaps designating the time between the setting of the sun and the true darkness of night. Cf. , “at even”; “at the evening twilight.” See B. A. Levine, Leviticus (), , 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).

In other versions

In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight, is the Lord’s Passover.

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

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

“The Lord’s Passover begins at sundown on the fourteenth day of the first month.

In the first month, on the fourteenth of the month at the evening is Yahweh’s Passover.

In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord’s passover.

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