Discovery BoxNumbers 9:3 
Context9:3 In the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, 1 you are to observe it at its appointed time; you must keep 2 it in accordance with all its statutes and all its customs.” 3
Numbers 9:7
Context9:7 And those men said to him, “We are ceremonially defiled by the dead body of a man; why are we kept back from offering the Lord’s offering at its appointed time among the Israelites?”
Numbers 28:2
Context28:2 “Command the Israelites: 4 ‘With regard to my offering, 5 be sure to offer 6 my food for my offering made by fire, as a pleasing aroma to me at its appointed time.’ 7
Numbers 29:39
Context29:39 “‘These things you must present to the Lord at your appointed times, in addition to your vows and your freewill offerings, as your burnt offerings, your grain offerings, your drink offerings, and your peace offerings.’”
1 tn The literal Hebrew expression is “between the evenings” (so also in vv. 5, 11). Sunset is certainly one evening; the other may refer to the change in the middle of the afternoon to the late afternoon, or the beginning of dusk. The idea is probably just at twilight, or dusk (see R. B. Allen, TWOT 2:694).
2 tn The two verbs in this verse are identical; they are imperfects of instruction. The English translation has been modified for stylistic variation.
3 tn The two words in this last section are standard “Torah” words. The word חֹק (khoq) is a binding statute, something engraved and monumental. The word מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) means “judgment, decision,” but with a more general idea of “custom” at its core. The verse is making it very clear that the Passover had to follow the custom and form that was legislated in Egypt.
4 tn Heb “and say to them.” These words have not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
5 tn Th sentence begins with the accusative “my offering.” It is suspended at the beginning as an independent accusative to itemize the subject matter. The second accusative is the formal object of the verb. It could also be taken in apposition to the first accusative.
6 tn The construction uses the imperfect tense expressing instruction, followed by the infinitive construct used to express the complement of direct object.
7 sn See L. R. Fisher, “New Ritual Calendar from Ugarit,” HTR 63 (1970): 485-501.
