Deuteronomy 16:8

Six days thou shalt eat unleavened, and on the seventh day gather together before the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.

In Context

7And thou shalt dress and eat it in the place which the Lord thy God shall favour, and in the morning turn and go to thy tent.

9Seven weeks number to thee from the beginning (of the harvest); when the omer of the elevation is reaped with the sickle, shalt thou begin to number the seven weeks.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:15[no translation + 12:15 Etheridge, p. 370.]

Leviticus 23:6and on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast ( chagga) of unleavened cakes before the Lord; seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.

Numbers 28:17And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days you shall eat unleavened (bread).

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 16:2-18

Yearly Release. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God: for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. 2 Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there. 3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of… Read the whole commentary →

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