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joshua 5:10 While the sons of Israel camped at Gilgal, they observed the Passover on the evening of the fourteenth day of the month on the desert plains of Jericho.
10. kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at
even--The time fixed by the law (see on
Ex 12:17;
Le 23:5;
Nu 28:16).
Thus the national existence was commenced by a solemn act of religious
dedication.