Joshua 5:10

Modern

On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.

Traditional

And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.

Literal

And the sons of Israel camped in Gilgal and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening on the plains of Jericho.

Latin

Manseruntque filii Israël in Galgalis, et fecerunt Phase quartadecima die mensis ad vesperum in campestribus Jericho:

Hebrew

English

On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover.

The Israelites killed the Passover lamb on the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month. Just as the Passover in Egypt marked the exodus from slavery, the celebration of this Passover in Canaan marked the attainment of the goal God had been leading the Israelites toward. This Passover also anticipated God's promised rest for his people in their new land.
This was apparently the first Passover feast Israel celebrated since camping at Mount Sinai (Numbers 9:1–5). For the younger Israelites, it was their first Passover feast ever. For the older ones, it was their first since childhood.
Celebrating Passover after such a long break increased both the joy and the serious nature of the occasion. This was especially true because it was before the campaign to capture the land God promised to give the Israelites.

Theme notes and profiles

Exodus 12:6
You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.
Numbers 9:1–5
In the first month of the second year after Israel had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai:
Ezekiel 12:6–16
And as they watch, lift your bags to your shoulder and take them out at dusk; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.”
Ezekiel 12:3
Therefore, son of man, pack your bags for exile. In broad daylight, set out from your place and go to another as they watch. Perhaps they will understand, though they are a rebellious house.

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Passover: An annual Jewish feast commemorating the Exodus

Gilgal: A significant site during Israel's early history in Canaan Jericho: An ancient city in Canaan, famously conquered by Israel