Exodus 12:17

So then ye shall observe the unleavened cakes, because on this self-same day, brought I forth your hosts out of the land of Egypt,—so then ye shall observe this day to your generations, as a statute age-abiding,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.

In Context

16Both on the first day, a holy convocation, and on the seventh day—a holy convocation, shall there be to you,—no work, shall be done therein, save only what must be eaten by every soul, that alone, shall be done by you.

18In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, shall ye eat unleavened cakes,—until the one-and-twentieth day of the month in the evening,

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Cross References

Exodus 12:41And it came to pass at the end of four hundred and thirty years, yea it came to pass, on this self-same day, that all the hosts of Yahweh had come forth out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 13:8And thou shalt tell thy son, on that day, saying,—[This is] because, of that which Yahweh did for me, when he brought me forth out of Egypt.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 12:2-21

The Appointment of the Passover; the Feast of Unleavened Bread. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: 4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his… Read the whole commentary →

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