Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and nothing with yeast shall be seen among you, nor shall any dough with yeast be seen among you in all your borders.
Parallel translations
- WEB Unleavened 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.
- KJV 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.
- BSB Unleavened bread shall be eaten during those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, nor shall leaven be found anywhere within your borders.
- NKJV Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days. And no leavened bread shall be seen among you, nor shall leaven be seen among you in all your quarters.
- NLT Eat bread without yeast during those seven days. In fact, there must be no yeast bread or any yeast at all found within the borders of your land during this time.
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Quick answer
Unleavened bread is to be eaten all seven days, and no leaven or yeast is to be found anywhere within Israel's borders.
Overview
The removal of leaven is to be thorough and nationwide, extending to all their territory. Such comprehensive cleansing dramatizes the complete putting away of corruption. The picture reinforces the lesson that the people God has redeemed are to be wholly free from the 'leaven' of sin, a truth Paul applies to the church purified by Christ our Passover (1 Corinthians 5:7-8).
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Cross-references · 2
- Exod 12:19There shall be no yeast found in your houses for seven days, for whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a foreigner, or one who is born in the land.
- Matt 16:6Jesus said to them, “Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
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The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.
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