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For seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you came out of Egypt. <a href="/nlt/exodus/34.htm">New Living Translation</a> “You must 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. <a href="/esv/exodus/34.htm">English Standard Version</a> “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. <a href="/bsb/exodus/34.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt. <a href="/kjv/exodus/34.htm">King James Bible</a> The 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. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/34.htm">New King James Version</a> “The Feast of Unleavened Bread you shall keep. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, in the appointed time of the month of Abib; for in the month of Abib you came out from Egypt. <a href="/nasb_/exodus/34.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “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 the month of Abib you came out of Egypt. <a href="/nasb/exodus/34.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220You shall observe 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 the month of Abib you came out of Egypt. <a href="/nasb77/exodus/34.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “You shall observe 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 the month of Abib you came out of Egypt. <a href="/lsb/exodus/34.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, which I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of Abib, for in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt. <a href="/amp/exodus/34.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “You shall observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread (Passover). For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I have commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of Abib; for in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt. <a href="/csb/exodus/34.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread. You are to eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, as I commanded you, for you came out of Egypt in the month of Abib. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/34.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread. You are to eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib as I commanded you. For you came out of Egypt in the month of Abib.&#8221 <a href="/asv/exodus/34.htm">American Standard Version</a> The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib; for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. <a href="/cev/exodus/34.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Don't fail to observe the Festival of Thin Bread in the month of Abib. Obey me and eat bread without yeast for seven days during Abib, because that is the month you left Egypt. <a href="/erv/exodus/34.htm">English Revised Version</a> The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. <a href="/gwt/exodus/34.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "You must celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. As I commanded you, you must eat unleavened bread for seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, because in that month you came out of Egypt. <a href="/gnt/exodus/34.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Keep the Festival of Unleavened Bread. As I have commanded you, eat unleavened bread for seven days in the month of Abib, because it was in that month that you left Egypt. <a href="/isv/exodus/34.htm">International Standard Version</a> "You are to observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days, at the appointed time in the month Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you, for in the month Abib you came out of Egypt. <a href="/msb/exodus/34.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt. <a href="/net/exodus/34.htm">NET Bible</a> "You must keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you; do this at the appointed time of the month Abib, for in the month Abib you came out of Egypt. <a href="/nheb/exodus/34.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> "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. <a href="/wbt/exodus/34.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out of from Egypt. <a href="/web/exodus/34.htm">World English Bible</a> “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 of Egypt. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/34.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> You keep the Celebration of Unleavened Things; [for] seven days you eat unleavened things, as I have commanded you, at an appointed time, [in] the month of Abib: for in the month of Abib you came out from Egypt. <a href="/ylt/exodus/34.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'The feast of unleavened things thou dost keep; seven days thou dost eat unleavened things, as I have commanded thee, at an appointed time, the month of Abib: for in the month of Abib thou didst come out from Egypt. <a href="/slt/exodus/34.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> The festival of unleavened thou shalt watch. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened, which I commanded thee, for the appointment of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou earnest forth out of Egypt.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/34.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thou shalt keep the feast of the unleavened bread. Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee in the time of the month of the new corn: for in the month of the springtime thou camest out from Egypt. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/34.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> You shall keep the solemnity of unleavened bread. For seven days, you shall eat unleavened bread, just as I instructed you, in the time of the month of what is new. For in the month of springtime you departed from Egypt. <a href="/nabre/exodus/34.htm">New American Bible</a> You shall keep the festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you; for in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/34.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> You shall keep the festival of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Abib; for in the month of Abib you came out from Egypt.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/34.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> The feast of unleavened bread you shall keep. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, in the time of the month of Abib; for in the month of Abib you came out from Egypt. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/34.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Gods that are molten you shall not make to yourselves.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/34.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib, for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt. <a href="/sep/exodus/34.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, as I have charged thee, at the season in the month of new corn; for in the month of new corn thou camest out from Egypt. <a href="/parallel/exodus/34-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=8982" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/exodus/34.htm">The LORD Renews the Covenant</a> …17You shall make no molten gods for yourselves. 18<a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: tiš·mōr (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">You are to keep</a> <a href="/hebrew/2282.htm" title="2282: ḥaḡ (N-msc) -- A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast. Or chag; from chagag; a festival, or a victim therefor.">the Feast</a> <a href="/hebrew/4682.htm" title="4682: ham·maṣ·ṣō·wṯ (Art:: N-fp) -- Unleavened bread or cake. ">of Unleavened Bread.</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: šiḇ·‘aṯ (Number-msc) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">For seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days</a> <a href="/hebrew/4150.htm" title="4150: lə·mō·w·‘êḏ (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- Appointed time, place, or meeting. ">at the appointed time</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: ḥō·ḏeš (N-msc) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">in the month</a> <a href="/hebrew/24.htm" title="24: hā·’ā·ḇîḇ (Art:: N-ms) -- From an unused root; green, i.e. A young ear of grain; hence, the name of the month Abib or Nisan.">of Abib,</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: tō·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">you are to eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/4682.htm" title="4682: maṣ·ṣō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Unleavened bread or cake. ">unleavened bread</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: ṣiw·wî·ṯi·ḵā (V-Piel-Perf-1cs:: 2ms) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">I commanded you.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: bə·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">in the month</a> <a href="/hebrew/24.htm" title="24: hā·’ā·ḇîḇ (Art:: N-ms) -- From an unused root; green, i.e. A young ear of grain; hence, the name of the month Abib or Nisan.">of Abib</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: yā·ṣā·ṯā (V-Qal-Perf-2ms) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">you came out</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: mim·miṣ·rā·yim (Prep-m:: N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">of Egypt.</a> 19The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-1.htm">Deuteronomy 16:1-8</a> Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. / You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name. / You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt. ... <a href="/leviticus/23-4.htm">Leviticus 23:4-8</a> These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times. / The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. / On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. ... <a href="/numbers/28-16.htm">Numbers 28:16-25</a> The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover. / On the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten. / On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work. ... <a href="/exodus/12-1.htm">Exodus 12:1-20</a> Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, / “This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year. / Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household. ... <a href="/deuteronomy/16-16.htm">Deuteronomy 16:16</a> Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed. <a href="/2_chronicles/30-1.htm">2 Chronicles 30:1-27</a> Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel. / For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month, / since they had been unable to keep it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem. ... <a href="/2_chronicles/35-1.htm">2 Chronicles 35:1-19</a> Then Josiah kept the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month. / He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD. / To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel. ... <a href="/joshua/5-10.htm">Joshua 5:10-12</a> On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover. / The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land. / And the day after they had eaten from the produce of the land, the manna ceased. There was no more manna for the Israelites, so that year they began to eat the crops of the land of Canaan. <a href="/ezekiel/45-21.htm">Ezekiel 45:21-24</a> On the fourteenth day of the first month you are to observe the Passover, a feast of seven days, during which unleavened bread shall be eaten. / On that day the prince shall provide a bull as a sin offering for himself and for all the people of the land. / Each day during the seven days of the feast, he shall provide seven bulls and seven rams without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD, along with a male goat for a sin offering. ... <a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7-8</a> Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. / Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth. <a href="/matthew/26-17.htm">Matthew 26:17-19</a> On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’” / So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover. <a href="/mark/14-12.htm">Mark 14:12-16</a> On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him, / and whichever house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’ ... <a href="/luke/22-7.htm">Luke 22:7-13</a> Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed. / Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.” / “Where do You want us to prepare it?” they asked. ... <a href="/john/13-1.htm">John 13:1-30</a> It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end. / The evening meal was underway, and the devil had already put into the heart of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. / Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God. ... <a href="/hebrews/11-28.htm">Hebrews 11:28</a> By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel’s own firstborn.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>The feast of unleavened bread shall you keep. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt.<a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Exodus 12:15-20</a> Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel… <a href="/exodus/13-4.htm">Exodus 13:4,6,7</a> This day came ye out in the month Abib… <a href="/exodus/23-15.htm">Exodus 23:15</a> 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:)<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/23-15.htm">Abib</a> <a href="/exodus/31-6.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/exodus/29-34.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/exodus/23-15.htm">Camest</a> <a href="/exodus/31-16.htm">Celebrate</a> <a href="/exodus/34-4.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/exodus/34-15.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/exodus/33-1.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/exodus/32-6.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/exodus/34-3.htm">Food</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/5-8.htm">Leaven</a> <a href="/exodus/23-15.htm">Month</a> <a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/exodus/34-11.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/exodus/29-37.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/exodus/32-34.htm">Time</a> <a href="/exodus/29-23.htm">Unleavened</a> <a href="/exodus/29-23.htm">Yeast</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/16-1.htm">Abib</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-21.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/exodus/34-25.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/numbers/22-37.htm">Camest</a> <a href="/exodus/34-22.htm">Celebrate</a> <a href="/exodus/34-32.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/exodus/34-28.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-45.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/exodus/34-22.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/exodus/34-28.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-11.htm">Leaven</a> <a href="/exodus/40-2.htm">Month</a> <a href="/exodus/34-22.htm">Observe</a> <a href="/exodus/34-32.htm">Orders</a> <a href="/exodus/37-23.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/exodus/34-21.htm">Time</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-4.htm">Unleavened</a> <a href="/exodus/34-25.htm">Yeast</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 34</div>1. <a href="/exodus/34-1.htm">The tablets are replaced</a> 5. <a href="/exodus/34-5.htm">The name of the Lord proclaimed</a> 8. <a href="/exodus/34-8.htm">Moses entreats God to go with them</a> 10. <a href="/exodus/34-10.htm">God makes a covenant with them, repeating certain duties</a> 28. <a href="/exodus/34-28.htm">Moses after forty days on the mount, comes down with the tablets</a> 29. <a href="/exodus/34-29.htm">His face is radiant, and he covers it with a veil</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/34.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/34.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. The Feast of Unleavened Bread is a significant observance in the Jewish calendar, instituted by God as a perpetual ordinance for the Israelites. It immediately follows the Passover and lasts for seven days. This feast commemorates the Israelites' hasty departure from Egypt, during which they did not have time to let their bread rise. The absence of leaven symbolizes purity and separation from sin, as leaven often represents sin and corruption in Scripture (<a href="/1_corinthians/5-6.htm">1 Corinthians 5:6-8</a>). This feast is a call to holiness and a reminder of God's deliverance.For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, The month of Abib, later known as Nisan, corresponds to March-April in the Gregorian calendar. It marks the beginning of the Jewish religious year. The specific timing of the feast underscores the importance of divine order and timing in worship. The number seven often signifies completeness or perfection in the Bible, indicating the fullness of the observance. This period is a time of reflection and dedication, aligning with the agricultural cycle as it coincides with the barley harvest, symbolizing new beginnings and God's provision.you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. The command to eat unleavened bread is a direct instruction from God, emphasizing obedience and remembrance. The unleavened bread, or matzah, is a tangible reminder of the Israelites' affliction and God's swift deliverance. It serves as a physical representation of spiritual truths, encouraging believers to live in sincerity and truth. This command is reiterated in the New Testament, where unleavened bread is used in the Lord's Supper, symbolizing Christ's sinless body (<a href="/matthew/26-26.htm">Matthew 26:26</a>).For in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt. This phrase anchors the feast in historical reality, reminding the Israelites of their liberation from slavery. The Exodus is a foundational event in Jewish history, symbolizing God's power and faithfulness. It prefigures the ultimate deliverance through Jesus Christ, who is our Passover Lamb (<a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7</a>). The mention of Egypt serves as a reminder of God's judgment on the oppressors and His covenant faithfulness to His people. This historical context reinforces the call to remember and celebrate God's redemptive acts.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites who received the commandments from God, including the instructions for the Feast of Unleavened Bread. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The people of God who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and commanded to observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread as a remembrance of their deliverance. 3. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> The land of bondage from which the Israelites were delivered, symbolizing sin and oppression. 4. <a href="/topical/f/feast_of_unleavened_bread.htm">Feast of Unleavened Bread</a> A seven-day festival commemorating the Israelites' exodus from Egypt, marked by eating unleavened bread. 5. <a href="/topical/m/month_of_abib.htm">Month of Abib</a> The first month of the Hebrew calendar, during which the Israelites were delivered from Egypt; later known as Nisan.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/r/remembrance_and_gratitude.htm">Remembrance and Gratitude</a> The Feast of Unleavened Bread serves as a reminder of God's deliverance and faithfulness. Christians are called to remember and give thanks for their own deliverance from sin through Christ. <a href="/topical/p/purity_and_holiness.htm">Purity and Holiness</a> Just as leaven represents sin, believers are encouraged to live lives of purity, removing the "leaven" of sin from their lives. <a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a> Observing the feast as commanded demonstrates obedience to God. Christians are reminded of the importance of following God's instructions in their daily lives. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_renewal.htm">Spiritual Renewal</a> The feast is a time of spiritual reflection and renewal, encouraging believers to examine their lives and renew their commitment to God. <a href="/topical/c/community_and_fellowship.htm">Community and Fellowship</a> The communal aspect of the feast highlights the importance of fellowship and unity among God's people, encouraging believers to support and uplift one another.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_34.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 34</a> <a href="/q/what_does_'i_desire_mercy'_mean.htm">What is the Feast of Unleavened Bread?</a> <a href="/q/why_do_exodus_34_and_20_differ.htm">(Exodus 34:1) Why does this second set of commandments differ from those in Exodus 20, and which version should be considered authoritative? </a> <a href="/q/did_israel_return_to_tents_post-exodus.htm">Hosea 12:9: Is there any historical record of Israel returning to a nomadic lifestyle in tents after the Exodus period?</a> <a href="/q/why_no_archaeological_proof_of_exodus_24.htm">Why does there appear to be no archaeological evidence confirming this covenant ceremony (Exodus 24)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/34.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep.--Comp. <a href="/context/exodus/12-15.htm" title="Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread; even the first day you shall put away leaven 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.">Exodus 12:15-20</a>; <a href="/context/exodus/13-3.htm" title="And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.">Exodus 13:3-10</a>; <a href="/exodus/23-15.htm" title="You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread: (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it you came out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)">Exodus 23:15</a>.The month Abib.--See Note on <a href="/exodus/13-4.htm" title="This day came you out in the month Abib.">Exodus 13:4</a>.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/34.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 18. - The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. See ch. 23. 15, and compare <a href="/exodus/12-14.htm">Exodus 12:14-20</a>, and Exodus 13:3-10. The month Abib. See the comment on Exodus 13:4. <a href="/commentaries/exodus/34-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>You are to observe תִּשְׁמֹר֒ (tiš·mōr) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to the Feast חַ֣ג (ḥaḡ) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2282.htm">Strong's 2282: </a> A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast of Unleavened Bread. הַמַּצּוֹת֮ (ham·maṣ·ṣō·wṯ) Article | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4682.htm">Strong's 4682: </a> Sweetness, sweet, an unfermented cake, loaf, the festival of Passover For seven שִׁבְעַ֨ת (šiḇ·‘aṯ) Number - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number days יָמִ֜ים (yā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day at the appointed time לְמוֹעֵ֖ד (lə·mō·w·‘êḏ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4150.htm">Strong's 4150: </a> Appointed time, place, or meeting in the month חֹ֣דֶשׁ (ḥō·ḏeš) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> The new moon, a month of Abib, הָאָבִ֑יב (hā·’ā·ḇîḇ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_24.htm">Strong's 24: </a> Fresh, young ears, also Canaanite name for the first month of the Jewish calendar you are to eat תֹּאכַ֤ל (tō·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat unleavened bread מַצּוֹת֙ (maṣ·ṣō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4682.htm">Strong's 4682: </a> Sweetness, sweet, an unfermented cake, loaf, the festival of Passover as אֲשֶׁ֣ר (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that I commanded you. צִוִּיתִ֔ךָ (ṣiw·wî·ṯi·ḵā) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order For כִּ֚י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction in the month בְּחֹ֣דֶשׁ (bə·ḥō·ḏeš) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> The new moon, a month of Abib הָֽאָבִ֔יב (hā·’ā·ḇîḇ) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_24.htm">Strong's 24: </a> Fresh, young ears, also Canaanite name for the first month of the Jewish calendar you came out יָצָ֖אתָ (yā·ṣā·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> To go, bring, out, direct and proxim of Egypt. מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃ (mim·miṣ·rā·yim) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/34-18.htm">Exodus 34:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/34-18.htm">Exodus 34:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/34-18.htm">Exodus 34:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/34-18.htm">Exodus 34:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/34-18.htm">Exodus 34:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/34-18.htm">Exodus 34:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/34-18.htm">Exodus 34:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/34-18.htm">Exodus 34:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/34-18.htm">Exodus 34:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/34-18.htm">Exodus 34:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/34-18.htm">OT Law: Exodus 34:18 You shall keep the feast of unleavened (Exo. 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