No yeast shall be seen with you in all your borders seven days; neither shall any of the meat, which you sacrifice the first day at evening, remain all night until the morning.
Parallel translations
- KJV And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
- BSB No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning.
- NKJV And no leaven shall be seen among you in all your territory for seven days, nor shall any of the meat which you sacrifice the first day at twilight remain overnight until morning.
- NASB For seven days no leaven shall be seen with you in your entire territory, and none of the meat which you sacrifice on the evening of the first day shall be left overnight until the morning.
- NLT Let no yeast be found in any house throughout your land for those seven days. And when you sacrifice the Passover lamb on the evening of the first day, do not let any of the meat remain until the next morning.
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Quick answer
No yeast was to be found in Israel's territory for seven days, and the Passover meat was to be eaten the same night. Purity and promptness marked the feast.
Overview
Removing all leaven from the land and consuming the sacrifice without delay reinforced the lessons of haste and separation from corruption. These details guarded the feast's integrity and meaning. The thorough removal of leaven pictures the believer's call to put away sin entirely, living a sincere life in light of redemption.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Exod 34:25“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread. The sacrifice of the feast of the Passover shall not be left to the morning.
- Exod 12:10You shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; but that which remains of it until the morning you shall burn with fire.
- Exod 13:7Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and no leavened bread shall be seen with you. No yeast shall be seen with you, within all your borders.
- Exod 12:15“‘Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread; even the first day you shall put away yeast out of your houses, for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
- Exod 12:8They shall eat the meat in that night, roasted with fire, and unleavened bread. They shall eat it with bitter herbs.
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