Rabbi Yosei and the rabbis disagree about when the nation of Israel arrives in Sinai on the New Moon. Rabbi Yosei believes that the community arrives on Sunday, that Moshe ascends and descends on Monday, that he does the same and commands the mitzva of setting boundaries on Tuesday, that he does the same and commands the men to separate from the women on Wednesday, and that they wait until Shabbat for Revelation. The rabbis believe that the community arrives on the Monday, and so each other event is moved forward one day of the week, leaving the community to only wait on Friday before Revelation on Shabbat.
The Gemara discusses the conversations that Moshe has with G-d on behalf on the community to determine the dates leading up to Revelation. The rabbis look backward: when exactly did the people leave Egypt? In the month of Nisan. And on the fourteenth day they slaughtered their Paschal lambs, on the fifteenth they left Egypt, and in the evening the firstborn were killed. But what time of day were the firstborn stricken? The rabbis consider when the people were commanded about Shabbat and when they were commanded about Shabbat boundaries.
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