16:1 Observe the month Abib 5 and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for in that month 6 he 7 brought you out of Egypt by night.
1 tn Heb “do not listen to,” that is, do not obey.
2 tn Heb “the commandments of the
3 tn Heb “am commanding” (so NASB, NRSV).
4 tn Heb “walk after”; NIV “by following”; NLT “by worshiping.” This is a violation of the first commandment, the most serious of the covenant violations (Deut 5:6-7).
5 sn The month Abib, later called Nisan (Neh 2:1; Esth 3:7), corresponds to March-April in the modern calendar.
6 tn Heb “in the month Abib.” The demonstrative “that” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.
7 tn Heb “the