Discovery BoxLeviticus 23:5-6 
Context23:5 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, at twilight, 1 is a Passover offering to the Lord. 23:6 Then on the fifteenth day of the same month 2 will be the festival of unleavened bread to the Lord; seven days you must eat unleavened bread.
Leviticus 23:10
Context23:10 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land that I am about to give to you and you gather in its harvest, 3 then you must bring the sheaf of the first portion of your harvest 4 to the priest,
Leviticus 23:12
Context23:12 On the day you wave the sheaf you must also offer 5 a flawless yearling lamb 6 for a burnt offering to the Lord,
1 tn Heb “between the two evenings,” perhaps designating the time between the setting of the sun and the true darkness of night. Cf. KJV, ASV “at even”; NAB “at the evening twilight.”
sn See B. A. Levine, Leviticus (JPSTC), 156, for a full discussion of the issues raised in this verse. The rabbinic tradition places the slaughter of Passover offerings between approximately 3:00
2 tn Heb “to this month.”
3 tn Heb “and you harvest its harvest.”
4 tn Heb “the sheaf of the first of your harvest.”
5 tn Heb “And you shall make in the day of your waving the sheaf.”
6 tn Heb “a flawless lamb, a son of its year”; KJV “of the first year”; NLT “a year-old male lamb.”
