Exodus 13:7

For seven days do not eat bread that has yeast in it. You should not have any yeast or bread made with yeast anywhere in your land.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.

In Context

6For seven days the bread that you eat must not have any yeast in it. On the seventh day there must be a festival to honor Yahweh.

8On the day the festival starts, you must tell your children, ‘ We are doing this to remember what Yahweh did for our ancestors when they left Egypt.

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Cross References

Joshua 5:11The next day, they found some barley grain in the fields in that area. So they took that and roasted it and ate it with bread that was made without yeast.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 13:2-11

The Sanctification of the Firstborn. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine. 3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. 4 This day came ye out in the month Abib. 5 And it shall be when the… Read the whole commentary →

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