first moneth] The moneth Nisan, which answereth to part of March, and part of Aprill; which was made the beginning of the moneths, Exod. 12. vers. 2. for Ecclesiasticall account, though for Civill matters the yeare was reckoned from Tizri, which answereth to September. at even] The feast of unleavened bread began with the Passeover, on the fourteenth day of the moneth, but at the second of the two evenings (whereof see Annot. on Exodus 12:6.) which was the beginning of the fifteenth day, and continued seven dayes, during which time, no bread but unleavened was to be eaten.