# fourteenth day of the first month

This is the first month of the Hebrew calendar. The fourteenth day is near the beginning of April on Western calendars. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-hebrewmonths]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])

# purified themselves

"made themselves pure." Being pure represents being acceptable to God. AT: "made themselves acceptable to God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])