Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)
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- WEB You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib (for in it you came out of Egypt), and no one shall appear before me empty.
- BSB You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.
- NKJV You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt; none shall appear before Me empty);
- NASB You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread; for seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in that month you came out of Egypt. And no one is to appear before Me empty-handed.
- NLT First, celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast, just as I commanded you. Celebrate this festival annually at the appointed time in early spring, in the month of Abib, for that is the anniversary of your departure from Egypt. No one may appear before me without an offering.
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Quick answer
Keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread in Abib, eating unleavened bread seven days, and none shall appear empty-handed. Worship remembers the exodus and brings glad offerings.
Overview
This feast, tied to Passover and the month of Israel's deliverance, commemorated the hasty departure from Egypt with bread free of leaven. The command to bring an offering reflects grateful, wholehearted worship. Unleavened bread, picturing purity, points to Christ our Passover, who calls us to sincerity and truth (1 Corinthians 5:7-8).
Cross-references & the web
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- Luke 22:7Then came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed.
- Exod 34:20But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.
- Prov 3:9–10Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:
- Deut 16:16Three times in a year shall all thy males appear before the LORD thy God in the place which he shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
- Num 28:16–25And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD.
- Deut 16:1–8Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.
- 2 Kgs 23:21–23And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant.
- Lev 23:5–8In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD’s passover.
- Mark 14:12And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
- Exod 13:6–7Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.
- 1 Cor 5:7–8Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
- Exod 12:14–28And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
- Josh 5:10–11And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
- Lev 23:10Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest:
- Exod 34:18The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
- Exod 12:43–49And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
- Exod 13:4This day came ye out in the month Abib.
- Num 9:2–14Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season.
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