The Feast of Unleavened Bread

Exodus 13

3 Then Moses said to the people, p "Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery, q for by a strong hand the Lord brought you out from this place. r No leavened bread shall be eaten. 4 Today, in the month of s Abib, you are going out. 5 And when the Lord brings you into t the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which u he swore to your fathers to give you, a land v flowing with milk and honey, w you shall keep this service in this month. 6 x Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the Lord. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days; no leavened bread shall be seen with you, and no leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory. 8 y You shall tell your son on that day, 'It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.' 9 And it shall z be to you as a sign on your hand and as a a memorial z between your eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt. 10 b You shall therefore keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.

11 "When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, c as he swore to you and your fathers, and shall give it to you, 12 d you shall set apart to the Lord all that first opens the womb. All the firstborn of your animals that are males shall be the Lord's. 13 e Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every f firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem. 14 g And when in time to come your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' you shall say to him, h 'By a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of i slavery. 15 For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the j Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of animals. Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all the males that first open the womb, but k all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.' 16 l It shall be as a mark on your hand or frontlets between your eyes, for m by a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt."

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 12:42
    It was a night of watching by the Lord, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; so this same night is a night of watching kept to the Lord by all the people of Israel throughout their generations.
    Deuteronomy 16:3
    You shall eat no leavened bread with it. Seven days you shall eat it with unleavened bread, the bread of affliction - for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste - that all the days of your life you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt.
  2. Cross References
    Exodus 3:19
    But I know that the king of Egypt will not let you go unless compelled by a mighty hand.
    Exodus 6:1
    But the Lord said to Moses, "Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, and with a strong hand he will drive them out of his land.
  3. Cross References
    Exodus 12:8
    They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 23:15
    You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you shall eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt. None shall appear before me empty-handed.
    Exodus 34:18
    You shall keep 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 the month Abib you came out from Egypt.
    Deuteronomy 16:1
    Observe the month of Abib and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for in the month of Abib the Lord your God brought you out of Egypt by night.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 3:8
    And I have come down to deliver them out of the...
    Exodus 23:23
    When my angel goes before you and brings you to...
    Exodus 33:2
    I will send an angel before you, and I will dri...
    Exodus 34:11
    Observe what I command you this day. Behold, I ...
    Joshua 12:8
    In the hill country, in the lowland, in the Ara...
    Joshua 24:11
    And you went over the Jordan and came to Jerich...
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 6:8
    I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. I will give it to you for a possession. I am the Lord.'
  7. Cross References
    Exodus 3:8
    And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and broad land, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 12:25 - 26
    And when you come to the land that the Lord will give you, as he has promised, you shall keep this service.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 12:15 - 16
    Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. On the first day you shall remove leaven out of your houses, for if anyone eats what is leavened, from the first day until the seventh day, that person shall be cut off from Israel.
  10. Cross References
    Exodus 12:26
    And when your children say to you, 'What do you mean by this service?
  11. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 6:8
    You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
    Deuteronomy 11:18
    You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
    Numbers 15:39
    And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined to whore after.
    Matthew 23:5
    They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long.
  12. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 6:8
    You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
    Deuteronomy 11:18
    You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
    Numbers 15:39
    And it shall be a tassel for you to look at and remember all the commandments of the Lord, to do them, not to follow after your own heart and your own eyes, which you are inclined to whore after.
    Matthew 23:5
    They do all their deeds to be seen by others. For they make their phylacteries broad and their fringes long.
  13. Cross References
    Exodus 12:14
    This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord ; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast.
    Exodus 12:24
    You shall observe this rite as a statute for you and for your sons forever.
  14. Cross References
    Exodus 12:14
    This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord ; throughout your generations, as a statute forever, you shall keep it as a feast.
    Exodus 12:17
    And you shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt. Therefore you shall observe this day, throughout your generations, as a statute forever.
    Exodus 12:24
    You shall observe this rite as a statute for you and for your sons forever.
    Exodus 12:43
    And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it.
  15. Cross References
    Exodus 13:5
    And when the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you shall keep this service in this month.
  16. Cross References
    Exodus 13:2
    "Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine."
  17. Cross References
    Exodus 34:20
    The firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before me empty-handed.
  18. Cross References
    Numbers 3:46 - 47
    And as the redemption price for the 273 of the firstborn of the people of Israel, over and above the number of the male Levites.
    Numbers 18:15 - 16
    Everything that opens the womb of all flesh, whether man or beast, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours. Nevertheless, the firstborn of man you shall redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem.
  19. Cross References
    Exodus 12:26
    And when your children say to you, 'What do you mean by this service?
  20. Cross References
    Exodus 13:3
    Then Moses said to the people, "Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery, for by a strong hand the Lord brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten.
    Exodus 13:16
    It shall be as a mark on your hand or frontlets between your eyes, for by a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.
  21. Cross References
    Exodus 13:3
    Then Moses said to the people, "Remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of slavery, for by a strong hand the Lord brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten.
  22. Cross References
    Exodus 12:29
    At midnight the Lord struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of the livestock.
  23. Cross References
    Exodus 13:13
    Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.
  24. Cross References
    Exodus 13:9
    And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth. For with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt.
  25. Cross References
    Exodus 13:14
    And when in time to come your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' you shall say to him, 'By a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
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