'Day' in the Bible

Now the Lord spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the wilderness of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites departed from the land of Egypt. He said:

and they assembled the entire community together on the first day of the second month. Then the people recorded their ancestry by their clans and families, and the men who were twenty years old or older were listed by name individually,

"'If anyone dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head, then he must shave his head on the day of his purification -- on the seventh day he must shave it.

On the eighth day he is to bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the entrance to the tent of meeting.

Then the priest will offer one for a purification offering and the other as a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because of his transgression in regard to the corpse. So he must reconsecrate his head on that day.

For the Lord said to Moses, "They must present their offering, one leader for each day, for the dedication of the altar."

The one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab, from the tribe of Judah.

On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, leader of Issachar, presented an offering.

On the third day Eliab son of Helon, leader of the Zebulunites, presented an offering.

On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, leader of the Reubenites, presented an offering.

On the fifth day Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, leader of the Simeonites, presented an offering.

On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, leader of the Gadites, presented an offering.

On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, leader of the Ephraimites, presented an offering.

On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, leader of the Manassehites, presented an offering.

On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, leader of the Benjaminites, presented an offering.

On the tenth day Ahiezer son of Amishaddai, leader of the Danites, presented an offering.

On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Ocran, leader of the Asherites, presented an offering.

On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, leader of the Naphtalites, presented an offering.

In the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you are to observe it at its appointed time; you must keep it in accordance with all its statutes and all its customs."

And they observed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight in the wilderness of Sinai; in accordance with all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so the Israelites did.

It happened that some men who were ceremonially defiled by the dead body of a man could not keep the Passover on that day, so they came before Moses and before Aaron on that day.

They may observe it on the fourteenth day of the second month at twilight; they are to eat it with bread made without yeast and with bitter herbs.

On the day that the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle -- the tent of the testimony -- and from evening until morning there was a fiery appearance over the tabernacle.

This is the way it used to be continually: The cloud would cover it by day, and there was a fiery appearance by night.

And when the cloud remained only from evening until morning, when the cloud was taken up the following morning, then they traveled on. Whether by day or by night, when the cloud was taken up they traveled.

On the twentieth day of the second month, in the second year, the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle of the testimony.

And the cloud of the Lord was over them by day, when they traveled from the camp.

You will eat, not just one day, nor two days, nor five days, nor ten days, nor twenty days,

And the people stayed up all that day, all that night, and all the next day, and gathered the quail. The one who gathered the least gathered ten homers, and they spread them out for themselves all around the camp.

then they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. They have heard that you, Lord, are among this people, that you, Lord, are seen face to face, that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them by day in a pillar of cloud and in a pillar of fire by night.

According to the number of the days you have investigated this land, forty days -- one day for a year -- you will suffer for your iniquities, forty years, and you will know what it means to thwart me.

all that the Lord has commanded you by the authority of Moses, from the day that the Lord commanded Moses and continuing through your future generations --

When the Israelites were in the wilderness they found a man gathering wood on the Sabbath day.

But on the next day the whole community of Israelites murmured against Moses and Aaron, saying, "You have killed the Lord's people!"

On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony -- and the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted, and brought forth buds, and produced blossoms, and yielded almonds!

He must purify himself with water on the third day and on the seventh day, and so will be clean. But if he does not purify himself on the third day and the seventh day, then he will not be clean.

And the clean person must sprinkle the unclean on the third day and on the seventh day; and on the seventh day he must purify him, and then he must wash his clothes, and bathe in water, and he will be clean in the evening.

The donkey said to Balaam, "Am not I your donkey that you have ridden ever since I was yours until this day? Have I ever attempted to treat you this way?" And he said, "No."

because they bring trouble to you by their treachery with which they have deceived you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of Cozbi, the daughter of a prince of Midian, their sister, who was killed on the day of the plague that happened as a result of Peor."

You will say to them, 'This is the offering made by fire which you must offer to the Lord: two unblemished lambs one year old each day for a continual burnt offering.

"'On the Sabbath day, you must offer two unblemished lambs a year old, and two-tenths of an ephah of finely ground flour as a grain offering, mixed with olive oil, along with its drink offering.

"'On the first day of each month you must offer as a burnt offering to the Lord two young bulls, one ram, and seven unblemished lambs a year old,

"'On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord's Passover.

And on the fifteenth day of this month is the festival. For seven days bread made without yeast must be eaten.

And on the first day there is to be a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work on it.

On the seventh day you are to have a holy assembly, you must do no regular work.

"'Also, on the day of the first fruits, when you bring a new grain offering to the Lord during your Feast of Weeks, you are to have a holy assembly. You must do no ordinary work.

"'On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a holy assembly. You must not do your ordinary work, for it is a day of blowing trumpets for you.

"'On the tenth day of this seventh month you are to have a holy assembly. You must humble yourselves; you must not do any work on it.

"'On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you are to have a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work, and you must keep a festival to the Lord for seven days.

"'On the second day you must offer twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

"'On the third day you must offer eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

"'On the fourth day you must offer ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

"'On the fifth day you must offer nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

"'On the sixth day you must offer eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

"'On the seventh day you must offer seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs one year old, all without blemish,

"'On the eighth day you are to have a holy assembly; you must do no ordinary work on it.

But if her husband remains completely silent about her from day to day, he thus confirms all her vows or all her obligations which she is under; he confirms them because he remained silent about when he heard them.

"Any of you who has killed anyone or touched any of the dead, remain outside the camp for seven days; purify yourselves and your captives on the third day, and on the seventh day.

You must wash your clothes on the seventh day, and you will be ceremonially clean, and afterward you may enter the camp.'"

So the anger of the Lord was kindled that day, and he swore,

They departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the Israelites went out defiantly in plain sight of all the Egyptians.

Aaron the priest ascended Mount Hor at the command of the Lord, and he died there in the fortieth year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt on the first day of the fifth month.