And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
You must take care of it until the fourteenth day of that same month. Then the whole community of Israel must kill it in the evening.
God is giving specific instructions about when the Passover lamb should be sacrificed - it must be cared for until the fourteenth day, then killed by the entire community at evening.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of God's instructions for the first Passover, given to Moses and Aaron while the Israelites were still enslaved in Egypt. The lamb was to be selected on the tenth day of the month, cared for for four days, then sacrificed on the fourteenth day as part of the ritual that would precede their exodus from Egypt. This sacrifice would mark each Israelite home so that God's judgment would 'pass over' them during the final plague.
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