Verse 10
THE THIRD PASSOVER AND CEASING OF THE MANNA, Joshua 5:10-12.
10. And kept the passover This institution was in memory of their deliverance from the plague which had destroyed the firstborn in Egypt, (Exodus 12:0,) and was the second feast which had been observed since leaving that land of bondage. The first was at Sinai, in the second year of their journey in the desert. Numbers 9:0. There was no observance of it in the desert subsequent to this, on account of the rejection of Israel from the covenant. See on Joshua 5:6 and note introductory to Joshua 5:2.
On the fourteenth day of the month This was the month Abib, the first month of the Hebrew year. After the captivity it was called Nisan. The fourteenth of this month corresponded with about the middle of our April.
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