( See also the box “What Part of the Day? ”) The Pentateuch and Haftorahs points out that Exodus 12: 6 says that the lamb was to be slaughtered “between the two evenings. ” Some Bible versions use exactly that expression.
فَبَعْدَمَا أَمَرَ مُوسَى أَنْ ‹ يَذْبَحَ كُلُّ جُمْهُورِ جَمَاعَةِ إِسْرَائِيلَ › ٱلْحَمَلَ ،‏ حَدَّدَ مَتَى بِٱلضَّبْطِ يَفْعَلُونَ ذٰلِكَ فِي ١٤ نِيسَانَ ٱلْقَمَرِيِّ .‏ —‏ اقرإ الخروج ١٢ :‏ ​ ٥ ،‏ ٦‏ .‏