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This festival to the LORD continues for seven days, and during that time the bread you eat must be made without yeast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/23.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/23.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/23.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And on the fifteenth day of the same month <i>is</i> the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/23.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And on the fifteenth day of the same month <i>is</i> the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; seven days you must eat unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/23.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then on the fifteenth day of the same month there is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/23.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Then on the fifteenth day of the same month there is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/23.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Then on the fifteenth day of the same month there is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/23.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then on the fifteenth day of the same month there is the Feast of Unleavened Bread to Yahweh; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/23.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD is on the fifteenth day of the same month; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/23.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Festival of Unleavened Bread to the LORD is on the fifteenth day of the same month. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/23.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The Festival of Unleavened Bread to the LORD is on the fifteenth day of the same month. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/23.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto Jehovah: seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/23.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The Festival of Thin Bread begins on the fifteenth day of that same month; it lasts seven days, and during this time you must honor me by eating bread made without yeast. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/23.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/23.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The fifteenth day of this same month is the LORD's Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/23.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />On the fifteenth day the Festival of Unleavened Bread begins, and for seven days you must not eat any bread made with yeast. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/23.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />On the fifteenth day of that month is the Festival of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/23.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/23.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then on the fifteenth day of the same month will be the festival of unleavened bread to the LORD; seven days you must eat unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/23.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to the LORD. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/23.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to the LORD, seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/23.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />On the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to Yahweh. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/23.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and on the fifteenth day of this month [is] the Celebration of Unleavened Things to YHWH; [for] seven days you eat unleavened things;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/23.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast of unleavened things to Jehovah; seven days unleavened things ye do eat;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/23.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And in the fifteenth day of that month the festival of unleavened to Jehovah: seven days shall ye eat unleavened.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/23.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the fifteenth day of the same month is the solemnity of the unleavened bread of the Lord. Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/23.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the fifteenth day of this month is the solemnity of the unleavened bread of the Lord. For seven days shall you eat unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/23.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The fifteenth day of this month is the LORD’s feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/23.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and on the fifteenth day of the same month is the festival of unleavened bread to the LORD; seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/23.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of the unleavened bread to the LORD; for seven days you must eat unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/23.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And on the fifteenth in the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to LORD JEHOVAH; seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/23.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD; seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/23.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast of unleavened bread to the Lord; seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/23-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=6060" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/23.htm">The Passover Feast</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2568.htm" title="2568: ū·ḇa·ḥă·miš·šāh (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: Number-ms) -- Five. Masculine chamishshah; a primitive numeral; five.">On the fifteenth</a> <a href="/hebrew/6240.htm" title="6240: ‘ā·śār (Number-ms) -- Ten. For eser; ten, i.e. -teen; also -teenth."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·wm (N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">of the same</a> <a href="/hebrew/2320.htm" title="2320: la·ḥō·ḏeš (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- New moon, a month. From chadash; the new moon; by implication, a month.">month begins</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/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD.</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/398.htm" title="398: tō·ḵê·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">you must eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/4682.htm" title="4682: maṣ·ṣō·wṯ (N-fp) -- Unleavened bread or cake. ">unleavened bread.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Exodus 12:15-20</a></span><br />For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel. / On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do. / So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/28-17.htm">Numbers 28:17-25</a></span><br />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. / Present to the LORD a food offering, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-3.htm">Deuteronomy 16:3-8</a></span><br />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. / No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning. / You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-17.htm">Matthew 26:17-19</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-12.htm">Mark 14:12-16</a></span><br />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?’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-7.htm">Luke 22:7-13</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7-8</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/13-6.htm">Exodus 13:6-7</a></span><br />For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD. / 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/5-10.htm">Joshua 5:10-11</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-21.htm">2 Chronicles 30:21</a></span><br />The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and priests praised the LORD day after day, accompanied by loud instruments of praise to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-17.htm">2 Chronicles 35:17</a></span><br />The Israelites who were present also observed the Passover at that time, as well as the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/6-22.htm">Ezra 6:22</a></span><br />For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/45-21.htm">Ezekiel 45:21</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-4.htm">John 6:4</a></span><br />Now the Jewish Feast of the Passover was near.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/12-3.htm">Acts 12:3</a></span><br />And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to the LORD: seven days you must eat unleavened bread.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Exodus 12:15,16</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/13-6.htm">Exodus 13:6,7</a></b></br> Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day <i>shall be</i> a feast to the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/34-18.htm">Exodus 34:18</a></b></br> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/23-5.htm">Begins</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-25.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-16.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/exodus/34-25.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-30.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-5.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-5.htm">Month</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-27.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-26.htm">Unleavened</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-12.htm">Yeast</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/23-34.htm">Begins</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-14.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-14.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-34.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/leviticus/24-9.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-34.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-24.htm">Month</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-8.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/numbers/6-15.htm">Unleavened</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-17.htm">Yeast</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 23</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-1.htm">The feasts of the Lord</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-3.htm">the Sabbath</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-4.htm">The Passover</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-9.htm">The sheaf of firstfruits</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-15.htm">The feast of Pentecost</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-22.htm">Gleanings to be left for the poor</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-23.htm">The feast of trumpets</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-26.htm">The day of atonement</a></span><br><span class="reftext">33. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/23-33.htm">The feast of tabernacles</a></span><br></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><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <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> <br /><br /> </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/leviticus/23.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/23.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>On the fifteenth day of the same month</b><br>This phrase refers to the Hebrew month of Nisan, which is the first month of the Jewish religious calendar. The fifteenth day follows the Passover, which is celebrated on the fourteenth day. This timing is significant as it marks the beginning of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a festival that commemorates the Israelites' exodus from Egypt. The fifteenth day is a full moon, which was often associated with festivals and celebrations in ancient cultures.<p><b>begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread</b><br>The Feast of Unleavened Bread is a seven-day festival that immediately follows Passover. It is a time of remembrance for the haste with which the Israelites left Egypt, not having time to let their bread rise. This feast is one of the three pilgrimage festivals where Jewish males were required to appear before the Lord in Jerusalem. The absence of leaven symbolizes purity and separation from sin, as leaven often represents sin and corruption in the Bible (<a href="/1_corinthians/5-6.htm">1 Corinthians 5:6-8</a>).<p><b>to the LORD</b><br>This phrase emphasizes that the feast is dedicated to God, highlighting its religious significance. It is an act of worship and obedience, acknowledging God's deliverance and provision. The phrase "to the LORD" underscores the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where the people are called to remember and honor God's mighty acts on their behalf.<p><b>For seven days</b><br>The duration of the feast is significant, as the number seven often represents completeness and perfection in the Bible. This week-long observance allows the Israelites to fully engage in the remembrance and celebration of their deliverance. It also provides a time for spiritual reflection and renewal, as they focus on God's faithfulness and provision.<p><b>you must eat unleavened bread</b><br>Eating unleavened bread, or matzah, is a central command of the feast. This practice serves as a tangible reminder of the Israelites' hurried departure from Egypt, where they could not wait for their bread to rise. Unleavened bread is also a symbol of purity and separation from sin, as it lacks the fermentation process that leaven undergoes. In the New Testament, unleavened bread is seen as a type of Christ, who is sinless and pure (<a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7</a>). The act of eating unleavened bread during this feast is a call to holiness and a reminder of the believer's need to live a life set apart for God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who commands the observance of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who are instructed to observe this feast as part of their covenant relationship with Him.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_feast_of_unleavened_bread.htm">The Feast of Unleavened Bread</a></b><br>A seven-day festival following Passover, commemorating the Israelites' exodus from Egypt and their hasty departure, which did not allow time for their bread to rise.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The place of bondage from which the Israelites were delivered, symbolizing sin and oppression.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/u/unleavened_bread.htm">Unleavened Bread (Matzah)</a></b><br>Bread made without yeast, symbolizing purity and the haste of the Israelites' departure from Egypt.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_unleavened_bread.htm">Symbolism of Unleavened Bread</a></b><br>Unleavened bread represents purity and separation from sin. Just as the Israelites were to remove leaven from their homes, Christians are called to remove sin from their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/remembrance_and_deliverance.htm">Remembrance and Deliverance</a></b><br>The Feast of Unleavened Bread serves as a reminder of God's deliverance from bondage. Believers are encouraged to remember their own deliverance from sin through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>Observing the Feast was an act of obedience. Similarly, Christians are called to live in obedience to God's Word, reflecting His holiness in their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_fellowship.htm">Community and Fellowship</a></b><br>The communal aspect of the feast emphasizes the importance of fellowship and unity among God's people. Christians are encouraged to gather and support one another in their faith journey.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_23.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 23</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_holy_days_of_obligation.htm">What are the Holy Days of Obligation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_visible_vs._invisible_church.htm">What are the religious festivals mentioned in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_feast_of_unleavened_bread.htm">What is the Feast of Unleavened Bread?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_power_of_truth.htm">What does the Bible say about celebrating events?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/23.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">Seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.</span>--See <a href="/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</a>; <a href="/context/exodus/12-18.htm" title="In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.">Exodus 12:18-20</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/23.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - The Feast of Unleavened Bread was instituted at the same time with the Feast of the Passover (<a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Exodus 12:15-17</a>), and from the beginning the two festivals were practically but one festival, never separated, though separable in idea. The Passover, strictly so called, lasted but one day, Nisan 14; the Feast of Unleavened Bread lasted seven days, Nisan 15-21. The whole made a festival of eight days, called indifferently the Feast of the Passover, or the Feast of Unleavened Bread. The bread to be eaten throughout the festival was unleavened, in order to remind the Israelites of the historical fact that on account of the urgency of the Egyptians, "the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders" (<a href="/exodus/12-34.htm">Exodus 12:34</a>), and quitted the land of their affliction in haste. Accordingly, in the Book of Deuteronomy it is appointed, "Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou earnest forth out of the laud of Egypt all the days of thy life" (<a href="/deuteronomy/16-3.htm">Deuteronomy 16:3</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/23-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">On the fifteenth</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇa·ḥă·miš·šāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2568.htm">Strong's 2568: </a> </span><span class="str2">Five</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹם֙</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the same</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֶּ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> </span><span class="str2">This, that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">month [begins]</span><br /><span class="heb">לַחֹ֣דֶשׁ</span> <span class="translit">(la·ḥō·ḏeš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2320.htm">Strong's 2320: </a> </span><span class="str2">The new moon, a month</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Feast</span><br /><span class="heb">חַ֥ג</span> <span class="translit">(ḥaḡ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2282.htm">Strong's 2282: </a> </span><span class="str2">A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Unleavened Bread</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמַּצּ֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ham·maṣ·ṣō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4682.htm">Strong's 4682: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sweetness, sweet, an unfermented cake, loaf, the festival of Passover</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַיהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">For seven</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁבְעַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(šiḇ·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you must eat</span><br /><span class="heb">תֹּאכֵֽלוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(tō·ḵê·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">unleavened bread.</span><br /><span class="heb">מַצּ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(maṣ·ṣō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4682.htm">Strong's 4682: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sweetness, sweet, an unfermented cake, loaf, the festival of Passover</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/23-6.htm">Leviticus 23:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/23-6.htm">Leviticus 23:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/23-6.htm">Leviticus 23:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/23-6.htm">Leviticus 23:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/23-6.htm">Leviticus 23:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/23-6.htm">Leviticus 23:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/23-6.htm">Leviticus 23:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/23-6.htm">Leviticus 23:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/23-6.htm">Leviticus 23:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/23-6.htm">Leviticus 23:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/23-6.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 23:6 On the fifteenth day of the same (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/23-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 23:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 23:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/23-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 23:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 23:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>