So the people took their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls bound up in the clothes on their shoulders.
Parallel translations
- WEB The people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes on their shoulders.
- KJV And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.
- BSB So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.
- NKJV So the people took their dough before it was leavened, having their kneading bowls bound up in their clothes on their shoulders.
- NLT The Israelites took their bread dough before yeast was added. They wrapped their kneading boards in their cloaks and carried them on their shoulders.
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Quick answer
The people carry their dough unleavened, kneading troughs bound in their clothes on their shoulders.
Overview
The suddenness of the exodus leaves no time for the bread to rise, an enacted reason behind the Feast of Unleavened Bread. This concrete detail roots the later ordinance in actual history. It pictures the urgency of redemption and the readiness God's people must have to follow Him at once when He acts to save.
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- Exod 8:3and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into your house, and into your bedroom, and on your bed, and into the house of your servants, and on your people, and into your ovens, and into your kneading troughs:
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