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What is the Bibles Definition of 'Day'

 I find 'day' to be an interesting word in the Bible. I didn't realize how much work it would take to figure it out until I started to look at time lines of Biblical events. For instance looking at the death and resurrection of Jesus is confusing without a proper Biblical definition of 'day'. So that is what I am going to explore in this blog. First lets quickly look at how I and most 21st century English speakers use the word 'day'. It has two main meanings. The time between sunrise and sunset (daytime/daylight). The combination of a daytime and a night time (24 hr day). And to be more precise we take a partial night time on either end of the daytime, from midnight to midnight.     Both of these are perfectly fine in our current usage but they greatly add to the confusion when studying Bible timelines. A typical study of 'day' would include looking how the current people of Israel use the word. They start and end the day at evening. Does that
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When does a 'Day' Begin in the Bible?

 I have always heard that in Bible times the 24hr day began and ended at sundown. This is how those currently in Israel start their days, so it made sense. Having read Genesis 1 many times I never saw differently than that. But then I started studying the timing of Jesus death and resurrection. In that I went to the Old Testament and studied the first Passover. I came across something that didn't make sense.  Exodus 12:5-6 (all verses from NIV unless stated otherwise) says " The animals you chose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight. "  Exodus 12:8 says " That same night they are to eat the meat roasted over the fire, along with bitter herbs, and bread made without yeast "  Exodus 12:12 says " On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every fir
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