Paragraph 5:10–12
The Israelites celebrated Passover in Canaan and they started to eat the food that grew there. The manna that God gave them in the wilderness for forty years stopped coming, because now God had brought them to the end of their journey.
5:10a
On the evening: The Israelites considered the evening to be the beginning of a new day. The evening was the beginning of the fourteenth day.
of the fourteenth day of the month: The phrase the fourteenth day of the month refers to the fourteenth day of the first month in the Jewish calendar. They crossed the Jordan River was on the tenth day of the first month (see 4:19a). They celebrated the Passover four days after they crossed the river.
5:10b
while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal: The clause while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal can also be translated:
during the time that the Israelites set up their tents at Gilgal
5:10c
on the plains of Jericho: The town of Jericho was about ten kilometers west of the Jordan River on the plains, a level area of land. This land extended from Jericho to the Jordan River. Gilgal was also on this plain, probably a few miles northeast of Jericho.
5:10d
they kept the Passover: The clause they kept the Passover indicates that the Israelites celebrated the Passover feast.
Passover: The Passover feast and the regulations about it are described in Exodus 12:1–20 and in Leviticus 23:4–8. This feast reminded the Israelites of the time when God delivered them from being slaves in Egypt.
If you have translated the New Testament, you should translate the term the Passover the same way here. For example, see Matthew 26:2.
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