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And anyone, whether foreigner or native-born, who eats anything with yeast in it must be cut off from the community of Israel. <a href="/nlt/exodus/12.htm">New Living Translation</a> During those seven days, there must be no trace of yeast in your homes. Anyone who eats anything made with yeast during this week will be cut off from the community of Israel. These regulations apply both to the foreigners living among you and to the native-born Israelites. <a href="/esv/exodus/12.htm">English Standard Version</a> For seven days no leaven is to be found in your houses. If anyone eats what is leavened, that person will be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a sojourner or a native of the land. <a href="/bsb/exodus/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel. <a href="/kjv/exodus/12.htm">King James Bible</a> Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. <a href="/nkjv/exodus/12.htm">New King James Version</a> For seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses, since whoever eats what is leavened, that same person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or a native of the land. <a href="/nasb_/exodus/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For seven days there shall be no dough with yeast found in your houses; for whoever eats anything with yeast, that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or a native of the land. <a href="/nasb/exodus/12.htm">NASB 1995</a> Seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats what is leavened, that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is an alien or a native of the land. <a href="/nasb77/exodus/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a> ‘Seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats what is leavened, that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is an alien or a native of the land. <a href="/lsb/exodus/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats what is leavened, that person shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a sojourner or a native of the land. <a href="/amp/exodus/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses; whoever eats what is leavened shall be cut off and excluded from [the atonement made for] the congregation of Israel, whether a stranger or native-born. <a href="/csb/exodus/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Yeast must not be found in your houses for seven days. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a resident alien or native of the land, must be cut off from the community of Israel. <a href="/hcsb/exodus/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Yeast must not be found in your houses for seven days. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreign resident or native of the land, must be cut off from the community of Israel. <a href="/asv/exodus/12.htm">American Standard Version</a> Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a sojourner, or one that is born in the land. <a href="/cev/exodus/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> During these seven days no yeast is allowed in anyone's home, whether they are native Israelites or not. If you are caught eating anything made with yeast, you will no longer be part of Israel. <a href="/erv/exodus/12.htm">English Revised Version</a> Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a sojourner, or one that is born in the land. <a href="/gwt/exodus/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> There should be no yeast in your houses for seven days. Whoever eats anything with yeast in it must be excluded from the community of Israel, whether he is an Israelite or not. <a href="/isv/exodus/12.htm">International Standard Version</a> For seven days leaven is not to be found in your houses. Indeed, any person who eats anything leavened, is to be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether an alien or a native of the land. <a href="/msb/exodus/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation of Israel. <a href="/net/exodus/12.htm">NET Bible</a> For seven days yeast must not be found in your houses, for whoever eats what is made with yeast--that person will be cut off from the community of Israel, whether a foreigner or one born in the land. <a href="/nheb/exodus/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Seven days shall there be no yeast found in your houses, for whoever eats that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a foreigner, or one who is born in the land. <a href="/wbt/exodus/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he shall be a stranger, or born in the land. <a href="/web/exodus/12.htm">World English Bible</a> There 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/exodus/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> seven days leaven is not found in your houses, for anyone eating anything fermented—that person has been cut off from the congregation of Israel, among the sojourners or among the natives of the land; <a href="/ylt/exodus/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> seven days leaven is not found in your houses, for any one eating anything fermented -- that person hath been cut off from the company of Israel, among the sojourners or among the natives of the land; <a href="/slt/exodus/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Seven days leaven shall not be found in your houses; for all eating from the leavened, that soul shall be destroyed from the assembly of Israel, for the sojourner or for the native of the land.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/exodus/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Seven days there shall not be found any leaven in your houses: he that shall eat leavened bread, his soul shall perish out of the assembly of Israel, whether he be a stranger or born in the land. <a href="/cpdv/exodus/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For seven days, there shall not be found leaven in your houses. Whoever will eat leaven, his soul will perish from the assembly of Israel, as much with the newcomers as with the natives of the land. <a href="/nabre/exodus/12.htm">New American Bible</a> For seven days no leaven may be found in your houses; for anyone, a resident alien or a native, who eats leavened food will be cut off from the community of Israel. <a href="/nrsvce/exodus/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For seven days no leaven shall be found in your houses; for whoever eats what is leavened shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether an alien or a native of the land.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/exodus/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Seven days there shall be no leaven found in your houses; for whoever eats that which is leavened, that person shall perish from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or a native of the land. <a href="/hpbt/exodus/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> For seven days leaven shall not be found in your houses, because everyone that will eat leaven, that soul will be lost from the assembly of Israel, of natives and of settlers of the land.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/exodus/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses; for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a sojourner, or one that is born in the land. <a href="/sep/exodus/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Seven days leaven shall not be found in your houses; whosoever shall eat anything leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, both among the occupiers of the land and the original inhabitants. <a href="/parallel/exodus/12-19.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=2875" 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/12.htm">The Feast of Unleavened Bread</a> …18In the first month you are to eat unleavened bread, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day. 19<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/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">there must be no</a> <a href="/hebrew/7603.htm" title="7603: śə·’ōr (N-ms) -- Leaven. From sha'ar; barm or yeast-cake.">leaven</a> <a href="/hebrew/4672.htm" title="4672: yim·mā·ṣê (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To attain to, find. ">found</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bə·ḇāt·tê·ḵem (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 2mp) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">in your houses.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">anyone</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: ’ō·ḵêl (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">eats</a> <a href="/hebrew/2557.htm" title="2557: maḥ·me·ṣeṯ (N-fs) -- That which is leavened. From chamets; ferment, extortion.">something leavened,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hi·w (Art:: Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: han·ne·p̄eš (Art:: N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">person,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1616.htm" title="1616: bag·gêr (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A sojourner. Or geyr; from guwr; properly, a guest; by implication, a foreigner.">whether a foreigner</a> <a href="/hebrew/249.htm" title="249: ū·ḇə·’ez·raḥ (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A native. From zarach; a spontaneous growth, i.e. Native.">or native</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">of the land,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: wə·niḵ·rə·ṯāh (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">must be cut off</a> <a href="/hebrew/5712.htm" title="5712: mê·‘ă·ḏaṯ (Prep-m:: N-fsc) -- Congregation. Feminine of ed in the original sense of fixture; a stated assemblage.">from the congregation</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel.</a> 20You are not to eat anything leavened; eat unleavened bread in all your homes.”…<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="/leviticus/23-6.htm">Leviticus 23:6-8</a> 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. / On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work. / For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.’” <a href="/numbers/9-13.htm">Numbers 9:13</a> But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin. <a href="/deuteronomy/16-3.htm">Deuteronomy 16:3-4</a> 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. <a href="/joshua/5-10.htm">Joshua 5:10-11</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. <a href="/2_chronicles/30-21.htm">2 Chronicles 30:21</a> 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. <a href="/ezra/6-21.htm">Ezra 6:21-22</a> The Israelites who had returned from exile ate it, together with all who had separated themselves from the uncleanness of the peoples of the land to seek the LORD, the God of Israel. / 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. <a href="/ezekiel/45-21.htm">Ezekiel 45:21</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. <a href="/matthew/26-17.htm">Matthew 26:17</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?” <a href="/mark/14-12.htm">Mark 14:12</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?” <a href="/luke/22-1.htm">Luke 22:1</a> Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching, <a href="/luke/22-7.htm">Luke 22:7</a> Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed. <a href="/john/19-14.htm">John 19:14</a> It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!” <a href="/1_corinthians/5-6.htm">1 Corinthians 5:6-8</a> Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough? / 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="/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. <a href="/exodus/13-6.htm">Exodus 13:6-7</a> 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.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whoever eats that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.seven<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:)<a href="/exodus/34-18.htm">Exodus 34:18</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="/deuteronomy/16-3.htm">Deuteronomy 16:3</a> Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; 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 camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.even that<a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Exodus 12:15</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="/numbers/9-13.htm">Numbers 9:13</a> But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he brought not the offering of the LORD in his appointed season, that man shall bear his sin.whether<a href="/exodus/12-43.htm">Exodus 12:43,48</a> And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: … <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/2-22.htm">Alien</a> <a href="/exodus/6-25.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/exodus/11-5.htm">Born</a> <a href="/exodus/12-6.htm">Community</a> <a href="/exodus/12-6.htm">Company</a> <a href="/exodus/12-6.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/exodus/11-10.htm">Country</a> <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Eateth</a> <a href="/exodus/12-4.htm">Eating</a> <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Eats</a> <a href="/luke/1-15.htm">Fermented</a> <a href="/exodus/2-22.htm">Foreigner</a> <a href="/exodus/9-19.htm">Found</a> <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/5-19.htm">Israelite</a> <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Leavened</a> <a href="/genesis/31-13.htm">Native</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-22.htm">Native-Born</a> <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/exodus/2-22.htm">Sojourner</a> <a href="/exodus/6-4.htm">Sojourners</a> <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/exodus/2-22.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/exodus/11-7.htm">Whether</a> <a href="/exodus/12-18.htm">Yeast</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/12-43.htm">Alien</a> <a href="/exodus/12-49.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/exodus/12-48.htm">Born</a> <a href="/exodus/12-47.htm">Community</a> <a href="/exodus/12-47.htm">Company</a> <a href="/exodus/12-47.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/exodus/12-33.htm">Country</a> <a href="/exodus/20-25.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-18.htm">Eateth</a> <a href="/exodus/16-16.htm">Eating</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-18.htm">Eats</a> <a href="/exodus/12-20.htm">Fermented</a> <a href="/exodus/12-43.htm">Foreigner</a> <a href="/exodus/15-22.htm">Found</a> <a href="/exodus/12-23.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/exodus/12-21.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/exodus/12-40.htm">Israelite</a> <a href="/exodus/12-20.htm">Leavened</a> <a href="/exodus/12-48.htm">Native</a> <a href="/exodus/12-49.htm">Native-Born</a> <a href="/exodus/13-6.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/exodus/12-45.htm">Sojourner</a> <a href="/exodus/22-21.htm">Sojourners</a> <a href="/exodus/15-9.htm">Soul</a> <a href="/exodus/12-43.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/exodus/16-4.htm">Whether</a> <a href="/exodus/12-20.htm">Yeast</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 12</div>1. <a href="/exodus/12-1.htm">The beginning of the year is changed</a> 3. <a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">The Passover is instituted</a> 11. <a href="/exodus/12-11.htm">The import of the rite of the Passover</a> 15. <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Unleavened bread</a> 29. <a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">The firstborn are slain</a> 31. <a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">The Israelites are driven out of the land</a> 37. <a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">They come to Succoth</a> 41. <a href="/exodus/12-41.htm">The time of their sojourning</a> 43. <a href="/exodus/12-43.htm">The ordinance of the Passover</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'; 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The command to remove leaven for seven days is part of the observance of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which immediately follows Passover. Leaven, or yeast, symbolizes sin and corruption due to its fermenting process. The seven-day period represents completeness and total purification. This practice is a reminder of the haste with which the Israelites left Egypt, not having time to let their bread rise. It also signifies a call to holiness and separation from sin, as seen in <a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7-8</a>, where Paul urges believers to purge the old leaven.If anyone eats something leavened, Eating leavened bread during this period is a direct violation of God's command and symbolizes a return to sin and corruption. The act of eating leavened bread during the Feast of Unleavened Bread is seen as a serious offense because it undermines the spiritual significance of the festival. This command underscores the importance of obedience and the need for spiritual vigilance.that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, The inclusion of both foreigners and natives indicates the universal application of God's laws to all who are part of the community of Israel. This reflects the inclusive nature of God's covenant, which extends beyond ethnic boundaries. It also foreshadows the New Testament teaching that salvation through Christ is available to all, Jew and Gentile alike, as seen in <a href="/galatians/3-28.htm">Galatians 3:28</a>.must be cut off from the congregation of Israel. Being "cut off" implies a severe penalty, possibly excommunication or even death, depending on the context. This punishment highlights the seriousness of disobedience and the need for communal purity. It serves as a deterrent against sin and maintains the sanctity of the community. This concept is echoed in the New Testament in passages like <a href="/matthew/18-15.htm">Matthew 18:15-17</a>, where church discipline is discussed.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The descendants of Jacob, chosen by God to be His people, who are in the process of being delivered from slavery in Egypt. 2. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> The land where the Israelites were enslaved and from which God is delivering them through the events of the Passover. 3. <a href="/topical/p/passover.htm">Passover</a> The event where God passed over the houses of the Israelites marked with lamb's blood, sparing them from the plague of the firstborn. 4. <a href="/topical/l/leaven.htm">Leaven</a> A substance, typically yeast, used to ferment dough. In this context, it symbolizes sin and corruption. 5. <a href="/topical/c/congregation_of_israel.htm">Congregation of Israel</a> The assembly of the Israelites, God's chosen people, who are to remain pure and obedient to His commands.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_leaven.htm">Symbolism of Leaven</a> Leaven represents sin and corruption. Just as leaven spreads through dough, sin can permeate and corrupt our lives if not removed. <a href="/topical/c/call_to_holiness.htm">Call to Holiness</a> The command to remove leaven is a call to holiness and purity. Believers are to examine their lives and remove anything that leads to sin. <a href="/topical/c/community_responsibility.htm">Community Responsibility</a> The instruction to cut off anyone who eats leavened bread highlights the importance of community purity and accountability within the body of believers. <a href="/topical/i/inclusivity_of_god's_commands.htm">Inclusivity of God's Commands</a> The inclusion of both foreigners and natives in this command shows that God's standards apply to all who are part of His community. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_preparation.htm">Spiritual Preparation</a> Just as the Israelites prepared for their deliverance by removing leaven, believers are to prepare their hearts for Christ's return by living righteously.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 12</a> <a href="/q/what's_god's_redemption_plan.htm">Can unleavened bread be used for Communion?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_illegal_immigration.htm">What does the Bible say about illegal immigration?</a> <a href="/q/is_unleavened_bread_for_communion.htm">Can unleavened bread be used for Communion?</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_feast_of_unleavened_bread.htm">What is the Feast of Unleavened Bread?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) A stranger--i.e., a foreigner in blood, who has been adopted into the nation, received circumcision, and become a full proselyte. It is not improbable that many of the "six hundred thousand" reckoned to "Israel" (<a href="/exodus/12-37.htm" title="And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children.">Exodus 12:37</a>) were of this class--persons who had joined themselves to the nation during the sojourn in Egypt, or even earlier. (See Note on <a href="/genesis/17-13.htm" title="He that is born in your house, and he that is bought with your money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.">Genesis 17:13</a>.) When the "exclusiveness" of the Hebrews is made a charge against them, justice requires us to remember that from the first it was open to those who were not of Hebrew blood to share in the Hebrew privileges by accepting the covenant of circumcision, and joining themselves to the nation. It was in this way that the Kenites. and even the Gibeonites, became reckoned to Israel.Born in the land.--Hob., natives of the land: i.e., of Canaan. Canaan was regarded as belonging to Abraham and his descendants from the time of the first promise (<a href="/genesis/12-7.htm" title="And the LORD appeared to Abram, and said, To your seed will I give this land: and there built he an altar to the LORD, who appeared to him.">Genesis 12:7</a>). Thenceforth it was their true home: they were its expatriated inhabitants.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 19. - This is not a mere "vain repetition" of verse 15. It adds an important extension of the punitive clause - "that soul shall be cut off from Israel" - from Israelites proper to proselytes. We are thus reminded, at the very time when Israel is about to become a nation and to enter upon its inheritance of exclusive privileges, that no exclusion of the Gentiles by reason of race or descent was ever contemplated by God, either at the giving of the law, or at any other time. In Abraham all the families of them were to be blessed (<a href="/genesis/12-3.htm">Genesis 12:3</a>). It was always open to any Gentiles to join themselves to Israel by becoming "proselytes of justice," adopting circumcision and the general observance of the law, and joining the Israelite community. The whole law is full of references to persons of this class (<a href="/exodus/20-10.htm">Exodus 20:10</a>; <a href="/exodus/23-12.htm">Exodus 23:12</a>; <a href="/leviticus/16-29.htm">Leviticus 16:29</a>; <a href="/leviticus/17-10.htm">Leviticus 17:10</a>; <a href="/leviticus/18-26.htm">Leviticus 18:26</a>; <a href="/leviticus/20-2.htm">Leviticus 20:2</a>; <a href="/leviticus/24-16.htm">Leviticus 24:16</a>; <a href="/numbers/35-15.htm">Numbers 35:15</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/5-14.htm">Deuteronomy 5:14</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/16-11.htm">Deuteronomy 16:11-14</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/24-17.htm">Deuteronomy 24:17, 19</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/27-19.htm">Deuteronomy 27:19</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/29-11.htm">Deuteronomy 29:11</a>, etc.). It must have been largely recruited in the times immediately following the exodus from the "mixed multitude" which accompanied the Israelites out of Egypt (<a href="/exodus/12-38.htm">Exodus 12:38</a>), and from the Kenites who joined them in the wilderness (<a href="/numbers/10-29.htm">Numbers 10:29-31</a>; <a href="/judges/1-16.htm">Judges 1:16</a>). Born in the land - i.e., an Israelite by birth - "the land" is, no doubt, Canaan, which is regarded as the true "Land of Israel" from the time when it was assigned by God to the posterity of Abraham (<a href="/genesis/15-18.htm">Genesis 15:18</a>). <a href="/commentaries/exodus/12-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For seven שִׁבְעַ֣ת (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 יָמִ֔ים (yā·mîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day there must be no לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no yeast שְׂאֹ֕ר (śə·’ōr) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7603.htm">Strong's 7603: </a> Barm, yeast-cake found יִמָּצֵ֖א (yim·mā·ṣê) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4672.htm">Strong's 4672: </a> To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present in your houses. בְּבָתֵּיכֶ֑ם (bə·ḇāt·tê·ḵem) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house If כִּ֣י ׀ (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction anyone כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every eats אֹכֵ֣ל (’ō·ḵêl) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> To eat something leavened, מַחְמֶ֗צֶת (maḥ·me·ṣeṯ) Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2557.htm">Strong's 2557: </a> That which is leavened that הַהִוא֙ (ha·hi·w) Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are person, הַנֶּ֤פֶשׁ (han·ne·p̄eš) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion whether a foreigner בַּגֵּ֖ר (bag·gêr) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1616.htm">Strong's 1616: </a> A guest, a foreigner or native וּבְאֶזְרַ֥ח (ū·ḇə·’ez·raḥ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_249.htm">Strong's 249: </a> A spontaneous growth, native of the land, הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land must be cut off וְנִכְרְתָ֞ה (wə·niḵ·rə·ṯāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant from the congregation מֵעֲדַ֣ת (mê·‘ă·ḏaṯ) Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5712.htm">Strong's 5712: </a> A stated assemblage of Israel. יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/12-19.htm">Exodus 12:19 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/exodus/12-19.htm">Exodus 12:19 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/exodus/12-19.htm">Exodus 12:19 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/exodus/12-19.htm">Exodus 12:19 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/exodus/12-19.htm">Exodus 12:19 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/12-19.htm">Exodus 12:19 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/12-19.htm">Exodus 12:19 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/12-19.htm">Exodus 12:19 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/12-19.htm">Exodus 12:19 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/exodus/12-19.htm">Exodus 12:19 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/exodus/12-19.htm">OT Law: Exodus 12:19 Seven days shall there be no yeast (Exo. 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