first month: called in Pentateuch "Abib" (Exo_13:4; Exo_23:15; Exo_34:18. Deu_16:1); and "Nisan" in later books (Neh_2:1. Est_3:7) = about beginning of April.
at even: any time from sunset of one day till sunrise of the second day. Hebrew "between the evenings".
the LORD'S [Hebrew. Jehovah.s]
passover. This is the first of the Feasts; Tabernacles is the seventh. First, redemption; last, rest. Redemption is the title to rest.