Page "Passover" Paragraph 12

Some of these details can be corroborated, and to some extent amplified, in extrabiblical sources.

The removal ( or " sealing up ") of the leaven is referred to in the Elephantine papyri, an Aramaic papyrus from 5th century BCE Elephantine in Egypt.

The slaughter of the lambs on the 14th is mentioned in The Book of Jubilees, a Jewish work of the Ptolemaic period, and by the Herodian-era writers Josephus and Philo.

These sources also indicate that " between the two evenings " was taken to mean the afternoon.

Jubilees states the sacrifice was eaten that night, and together with Josephus states that nothing of the sacrifice was allowed to remain until morning.

Philo states that the banquet included hymns and prayers.