King James Version
Leviticus 23:5 in the King James Version says “In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover.” — study this verse from Leviticus chapter 23 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover.”
Leviticus 23:5 · KJV
Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an holy convocation; ye shall do no work therein: it is the sabbath of the LORD in all your dwellings.
These are the feasts of the LORD, even holy convocations, which ye shall proclaim in their seasons.
In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD'S passover.
And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.
In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.
KJV Study — Public Domain
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
“passover”
H6453a pretermission, i.e., exemption; used only techically of the jewish passover (the festival or the victim)
“is the LORD'S”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
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