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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/exodus/12.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/exodus/12.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />In the first month you are to eat bread made without yeast, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/12.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />The bread you eat must be made without yeast from the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month until the evening of the twenty-first day of that month.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/12.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />In the first month, from the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the first month you are to eat unleavened bread, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />In the first <i>month</i>, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />In the first <i>month,</i> on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the first <i>month,</i> on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘In the first <i>month,</i> on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />In the first <i>month</i>, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />In the first <i>month,</i> on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, [and continue] until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to eat unleavened bread in the first month, from the evening of the fourteenth day of the month until the evening of the twenty-first day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You are to eat unleavened bread in the first month, from the evening of the fourteenth day of the month until the evening of the twenty-first day. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Begin on the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month by eating bread made without yeast. Then continue this celebration until the evening of the twenty-first day. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />From the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month until the evening of the twenty-first day you must eat unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />From the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month to the evening of the twenty-first day, you must not eat any bread made with yeast. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />In the first month, from the evening of the fourteenth day of the month until the evening of the twenty-first day of the month, you are to eat unleavened bread. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />In the first month you are to eat unleavened bread, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />In the first month, from the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, you will eat bread made without yeast until the twenty-first day of the month in the evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty first day of the month at evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, ye shall eat unleavened bread, till the one and twentieth day of the month at evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty first day of the month at evening. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />In the first [month], on the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, you eat unleavened things until the twenty-first day of the month, at evening;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> In the first month, in the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, ye do eat unleavened things until the one and twentieth day of the month, at evening;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />In the first, in the fourteenth day of the month, in the evening, ye shall eat unleavened till the one and twentieth day of the month in the evening.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The first month, the fourteenth day of the month in the evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the same month in the evening. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, toward evening, you shall consume the unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the same month, toward evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />From the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month until the evening of the twenty-first day of this month you will eat unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />In the first month, from the evening of the fourteenth day until the evening of the twenty-first day, you shall eat unleavened bread.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />In the first month, in the fourteenth of the month in the evening you will eat unleavened bread and unto the twentyfirst day of the month in the evening.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Beginning the fourteenth day of the first month, ye shall eat unleavened bread from evening, till the twenty-first day of the month, till evening.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/12-18.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/kVae3PiKqhs?start=2866" 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/exodus/12.htm">The Feast of Unleavened Bread</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>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="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7223.htm" title="7223: bā·ri·šōn (Prep-b, Art:: Adj-ms) -- Former, first, chief. Or riishon; from ri'shah; first, in place, time or rank.">In the first month</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: tō·ḵə·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">you are to eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/4682.htm" title="4682: maṣ·ṣōṯ (N-fp) -- Unleavened bread or cake. ">unleavened bread,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6153.htm" title="6153: bā·‘e·reḇ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Evening. From arab; dusk.">from the evening</a> <a href="/hebrew/702.htm" title="702: bə·’ar·bā·‘āh (Prep-b:: Number-ms) -- Four. Masculine oarbaah; from raba'; four.">of the fourteenth</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/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."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">until</a> <a href="/hebrew/6153.htm" title="6153: bā·‘ā·reḇ (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Evening. From arab; dusk.">the evening</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: hā·’e·ḥāḏ (Art:: Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">of the twenty-first</a> <a href="/hebrew/6242.htm" title="6242: wə·‘eś·rîm (Conj-w:: Number-cp) -- Twenty. From eser; twenty; also twentieth."></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."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yō·wm (N-msc) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day.</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>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.…<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="/leviticus/23-6.htm">Leviticus 23:6</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="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-3.htm">Deuteronomy 16:3</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/28-17.htm">Numbers 28:17</a></span><br />On the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-17.htm">Matthew 26:17</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?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-12.htm">Mark 14:12</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?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-7.htm">Luke 22:7</a></span><br />Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed.<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="/john/19-14.htm">John 19:14</a></span><br />It was the day of Preparation for the Passover, about the sixth hour. And Pilate said to the Jews, “Here is your King!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/23-5.htm">Leviticus 23:5</a></span><br />The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-8.htm">Deuteronomy 16:8</a></span><br />For six days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day you shall hold a solemn assembly to the LORD your God, and you must not do any work.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/9-2.htm">Numbers 9:2-3</a></span><br />“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time. / You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”<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="/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="/matthew/27-62.htm">Matthew 27:62</a></span><br />The next day, the one after Preparation Day, the chief priests and Pharisees assembled before Pilate.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/12-1.htm">Exodus 12:1,15</a></b></br> And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/23-5.htm">Leviticus 23:5,6</a></b></br> In the fourteenth <i>day</i> of the first month at even <i>is</i> the LORD'S passover… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/28-16.htm">Numbers 28:16</a></b></br> And in the fourteenth day of the first month <i>is</i> the passover of the LORD.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/12-17.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/exodus/12-16.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/exodus/12-6.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/exodus/12-16.htm">First</a> <a href="/exodus/12-16.htm">Food</a> <a href="/exodus/12-6.htm">Fourteenth</a> <a href="/exodus/12-6.htm">Month</a> <a href="/genesis/8-14.htm">Twentieth</a> <a href="/genesis/37-28.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/haggai/2-1.htm">Twenty-First</a> <a href="/exodus/12-17.htm">Unleavened</a> <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Yeast</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/12-20.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/exodus/12-20.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/exodus/16-6.htm">Evening</a> <a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">First</a> <a href="/exodus/12-20.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-5.htm">Fourteenth</a> <a href="/exodus/13-4.htm">Month</a> <a href="/numbers/10-11.htm">Twentieth</a> <a href="/exodus/26-2.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/24-17.htm">Twenty-First</a> <a href="/exodus/12-20.htm">Unleavened</a> <a href="/exodus/12-19.htm">Yeast</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 12</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-1.htm">The beginning of the year is changed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">The Passover is instituted</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-11.htm">The import of the rite of the Passover</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Unleavened bread</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">The firstborn are slain</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">The Israelites are driven out of the land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">They come to Succoth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-41.htm">The time of their sojourning</a></span><br><span class="reftext">43. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-43.htm">The ordinance of the Passover</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/exodus/12.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/12.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>In the first month</b><br>The first month refers to Nisan (or Abib), which is the beginning of the Hebrew religious calendar. This month typically corresponds to March-April in the Gregorian calendar. The timing is significant as it marks the beginning of the Israelites' deliverance from Egypt, symbolizing new beginnings and redemption. This month is also when the Passover is celebrated, a pivotal event in Jewish history.<p><b>you are to eat unleavened bread</b><br>Unleavened bread, or matzah, is bread made without yeast. In the context of the Exodus, it symbolizes the haste with which the Israelites left Egypt, as they did not have time to let their bread rise. Spiritually, leaven often represents sin or corruption in the Bible (<a href="/1_corinthians/5-6.htm">1 Corinthians 5:6-8</a>), and eating unleavened bread signifies purity and separation from sin. This practice is part of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is a time of reflection and dedication to God.<p><b>from the evening of the fourteenth day</b><br>The evening of the fourteenth day of Nisan marks the beginning of Passover. In Jewish tradition, a day begins at sunset, so the Passover meal, which includes the eating of unleavened bread, is observed on this evening. This timing is crucial as it commemorates the night when the Lord passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt, sparing their firstborns (<a href="/exodus/12-12.htm">Exodus 12:12-13</a>).<p><b>until the evening of the twenty-first day</b><br>The Feast of Unleavened Bread lasts for seven days, concluding on the evening of the twenty-first day of Nisan. This period is a time of remembrance and celebration of God's deliverance from slavery in Egypt. It is a time of purification and dedication, as the Israelites were commanded to remove all leaven from their homes (<a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Exodus 12:15</a>). This week-long observance underscores the importance of living a life free from sin and dedicated to God, drawing a parallel to the Christian life of sanctification.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, who conveyed God's commandments to the people, including the observance of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who were instructed to observe the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread as a commemoration of their deliverance from Egypt.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land of bondage from which the Israelites were delivered, marking the significance of the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/passover.htm">Passover</a></b><br>The event marking God's deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt, which is closely associated with the Feast of Unleavened Bread.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/f/feast_of_unleavened_bread.htm">Feast of Unleavened Bread</a></b><br>A seven-day festival beginning on the evening of the fourteenth day of the first month, during which the Israelites were to eat unleavened bread, symbolizing purity and separation from sin.<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 the absence of 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/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>The observance of the Feast of Unleavened Bread demonstrates the importance of obedience to God's instructions. Believers today are called to live in obedience to God's Word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/remembrance_and_reflection.htm">Remembrance and Reflection</a></b><br>The Feast serves as a time of remembrance of God's deliverance. Christians are encouraged to regularly reflect on their own deliverance from sin through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_family_worship.htm">Community and Family Worship</a></b><br>The communal aspect of the Feast highlights the importance of worshiping together as a family and community, fostering unity and shared faith experiences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_preparation.htm">Spiritual Preparation</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites prepared for the Feast by removing leaven, believers are encouraged to prepare their hearts for worship and service by confessing and forsaking sin.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 12</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_advice_do_the_ungodly_offer.htm">What are the Appointed Times (Moedim) in Judaism?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_foods_are_mentioned_in_the_bible.htm">What foods are mentioned in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_john_18_28_align_with_passover.htm">John 18:28 - How do we reconcile the precise timing of Jesus' trial and the Passover feast with other accounts that seem to present a different chronology?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'i_desire_mercy'_mean.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>(18) <span class= "bld">In the first month.</span>--The Hebrew omits "month" by a not unusual ellipse. (Comp. <a href="/ezekiel/1-1.htm" title="Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.">Ezekiel 1:1</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">At even.</span>--The evening intended is not that with which the fourteenth day began, but that with which it closed, the end of the fourteenth and beginning of the fifteenth day. (See <a href="/context/leviticus/23-5.htm" title="In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the LORD's passover.">Leviticus 23:5-6</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">In the first month</span>. The word "month" seems to have accidentally dropt out of the Hebrew text. <span class="cmt_word">In the evening</span>. The Hebrew day commenced with the evening (<a href="/genesis/1-5.htm">Genesis 1:5</a>); but the evening here intended is that at the close of the 14th of Abib, which began the 15th. Similarly, the evening of the 21st is here that which commenced the 22nd. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/12-18.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">In the first [month]</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּרִאשֹׁ֡ן</span> <span class="translit">(bā·ri·šōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7223.htm">Strong's 7223: </a> </span><span class="str2">First, in place, time, rank</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you are to eat</span><br /><span class="heb">תֹּאכְל֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(tō·ḵə·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">מַצֹּ֑ת</span> <span class="translit">(maṣ·ṣōṯ)</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 /><br /><span class="word">from the evening</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּעֶ֔רֶב</span> <span class="translit">(bā·‘e·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6153.htm">Strong's 6153: </a> </span><span class="str2">Evening</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the fourteenth</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאַרְבָּעָה֩</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ar·bā·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_702.htm">Strong's 702: </a> </span><span class="str2">Four</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day</span><br /><span class="heb">י֤וֹם</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">until</span><br /><span class="heb">עַ֠ד</span> <span class="translit">(‘aḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> </span><span class="str2">As far as, even to, up to, until, while</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the evening</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּעָֽרֶב׃</span> <span class="translit">(bā·‘ā·reḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6153.htm">Strong's 6153: </a> </span><span class="str2">Evening</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the twenty-first</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאֶחָ֧ד</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’e·ḥāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> </span><span class="str2">United, one, first</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day.</span><br /><span class="heb">י֣וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/12-18.htm">Exodus 12:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/12-18.htm">Exodus 12:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/12-18.htm">Exodus 12:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/12-18.htm">Exodus 12:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/12-18.htm">Exodus 12:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/12-18.htm">Exodus 12:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/12-18.htm">Exodus 12:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/12-18.htm">Exodus 12:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/12-18.htm">Exodus 12:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/12-18.htm">Exodus 12:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/12-18.htm">OT Law: Exodus 12:18 In the first month on the fourteenth (Exo. 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