10667. 'Six days you shall work' means the first state of regeneration, when a person is in possession of truths and at that stage is engaged in conflicts. This is clear from the meaning of 'six days', which are called the days of labour or work, as the first state of regeneration, when a person is in possession of truths and at that stage is engaged in conflicts against evils and falsities, dealt with in 8510, 8888, 9431, 10360.

In Exodus 23:15, Abib, the month equivalent to April in the Hebrew calendar, signifies the beginning of a new state. In that calendar, it was the first month. (Arcana Coelestia 9291)

The Passover, and with it, the beginning of the Exodus from Egypt, happened during Abib.