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They wrapped their kneading boards in their cloaks and carried them on their shoulders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/12.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their cloaks on their shoulders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So the people took their dough before it was leavened, having their kneading bowls bound up in their clothes on their shoulders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the people took their dough before it was leavened, <i>with</i> their kneading bowls bound up in the clothes on their shoulders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So the people took their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls bound up in the clothes on their shoulders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So the people took their dough before it was leavened, <i>with</i> their kneading bowls bound up in the clothes on their shoulders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So the people took up their dough before it was leavened, <i>with</i> their kneading bowls bound up in the clothes on their shoulders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading bowls being bound up in their clothes on their shoulders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the people took their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls wrapped up in their clothes on their shoulders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the people took their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls wrapped up in their clothes on their shoulders. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />So the Israelites quickly made some bread dough and put it in pans. But they did not mix any yeast in the dough to make it rise. They wrapped cloth around the pans and carried them on their shoulders. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So the people picked up their bread dough before it had risen and carried it on their shoulders in bowls, wrapped up in their clothes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So the people filled their baking pans with unleavened dough, wrapped them in clothing, and carried them on their shoulders. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />So the people took their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls wrapped up in their cloaks on their shoulders. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So the people took their dough before the yeast was added, with their kneading troughs bound up in their clothing on their shoulders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes on their shoulders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the people took their dough before it was leavened, carrying it on their shoulders in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes on their shoulders. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and the people take up their dough before it is fermented, their kneading-troughs [are] bound up in their garments on their shoulder.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and the people taketh up its dough before it is fermented, their kneading-troughs are bound up in their garments on their shoulder.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the people will take up their dough before it will be leavened, their kneading-bowls bound in their garments upon their shoulders.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The people therefore took dough before it was leavened: and tying it in their cloaks, put it on their shoulders. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Therefore, the people took bread dough before it was leavened. And tying it in their cloaks, they placed it on their shoulders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The people, therefore, took their dough before it was leavened, in their kneading bowls wrapped in their cloaks on their shoulders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />So the people took their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls wrapped up in their cloaks on their shoulders.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the people took their kneading dough before it was leavened and their cold kneading dough wrapped up in their mantles upon their shoulders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the people took their bread dough when it had not fermented, their cold dough tied up in their towels and laid over their shoulders.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the people took their dough before their meal was leavened, bound up <i>as it was</i> in their garments, on their shoulders.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/12-34.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=3026" 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 Exodus Begins</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">33</span>And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!” <span class="reftext">34</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: hā·‘ām (Art:: N-ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">So the people</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: way·yiś·śā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">took</a> <a href="/hebrew/1217.htm" title="1217: bə·ṣê·qōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Dough (for cooking). From batseq; dough.">their dough</a> <a href="/hebrew/2962.htm" title="2962: ṭe·rem (Adv) -- From an unused root apparently meaning to interrupt or suspend; properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/2556.htm" title="2556: yeḥ·māṣ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To be pungent, in taste, in color. A primitive root; to be pungent; i.e. In taste, in color.">it was leavened,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">carrying it on</a> <a href="/hebrew/7926.htm" title="7926: šiḵ·mām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- Shoulder. From shakam; the neck as the place of burdens; figuratively, the spur of a hill.">their shoulders</a> <a href="/hebrew/4863.htm" title="4863: miš·’ă·rō·ṯām (N-fpc:: 3mp) -- Perhaps kneading trough. From sha'ar in the original sense of swelling; a kneading-trough.">in kneading bowls</a> <a href="/hebrew/6887.htm" title="6887: ṣə·ru·rōṯ (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-fp) -- A primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive.">wrapped</a> <a href="/hebrew/8071.htm" title="8071: bə·śim·lō·ṯām (Prep-b:: N-fpc:: 3mp) -- A wrapper, mantle. Perhaps by permutation for the feminine of cemel; a dress, especially a mantle.">in clothing.</a> </span><span class="reftext">35</span>Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.…<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/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="/exodus/16-3.htm">Exodus 16:3</a></span><br />“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”<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/33-3.htm">Numbers 33:3-4</a></span><br />On the fifteenth day of the first month, on the day after the Passover, the Israelites set out from Rameses. They marched out defiantly in full view of all the Egyptians, / who were burying all their firstborn, whom the LORD had struck down among them; for the LORD had executed judgment against their gods.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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="/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="/1_samuel/28-24.htm">1 Samuel 28:24</a></span><br />The woman had a fattened calf at her house, and she quickly slaughtered it. She also took flour, kneaded it, and baked unleavened bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/23-21.htm">2 Kings 23:21-23</a></span><br />The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.” / No such Passover had been observed from the days of the judges who had governed Israel through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah. / But in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem.<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="/nehemiah/8-17.htm">Nehemiah 8:17</a></span><br />The whole assembly that had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/52-12.htm">Isaiah 52:12</a></span><br />For you will not leave in a hurry nor flee in haste, for the LORD goes before you, and the God of Israel is your rear guard.<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="/john/6-31.htm">John 6:31-35</a></span><br />Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’” / Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. / For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading troughs being bound up in their clothes on their shoulders.</p><p class="hdg">kneading trough.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/8-3.htm">Exodus 8:3</a></b></br> And the river shall bring forth frogs abundantly, which shall go up and come into thine house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneadingtroughs:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/38-26.htm">Added</a> <a href="/genesis/49-26.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/exodus/10-19.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/genesis/49-11.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/exodus/4-6.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/galatians/5-9.htm">Dough</a> <a href="/exodus/12-20.htm">Fermented</a> <a href="/genesis/49-11.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/exodus/8-3.htm">Kneading</a> <a href="/exodus/8-3.htm">Kneadingtroughs</a> <a href="/exodus/8-3.htm">Kneading-Troughs</a> <a href="/exodus/12-20.htm">Leavened</a> <a href="/daniel/3-21.htm">Mantles</a> <a href="/exodus/5-21.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/genesis/49-15.htm">Shoulder</a> <a href="/genesis/9-23.htm">Shoulders</a> <a href="/exodus/8-3.htm">Troughs</a> <a href="/genesis/38-14.htm">Wrapped</a> <a href="/exodus/12-20.htm">Yeast</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/10-1.htm">Added</a> <a href="/exodus/29-9.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/exodus/19-4.htm">Carried</a> <a href="/exodus/19-10.htm">Clothes</a> <a href="/exodus/12-35.htm">Clothing</a> <a href="/exodus/12-39.htm">Dough</a> <a href="/exodus/12-39.htm">Fermented</a> <a href="/exodus/12-35.htm">Garments</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-5.htm">Kneading</a> <a href="/exodus/8-3.htm">Kneadingtroughs</a> <a href="/exodus/8-3.htm">Kneading-Troughs</a> <a href="/exodus/12-39.htm">Leavened</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-22.htm">Mantles</a> <a href="/exodus/23-27.htm">Putting</a> <a href="/exodus/28-7.htm">Shoulder</a> <a href="/exodus/28-7.htm">Shoulders</a> <a href="/genesis/30-38.htm">Troughs</a> <a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Wrapped</a> <a href="/exodus/12-39.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'; 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The unleavened dough symbolizes haste, as there was no time to let the dough rise. This event is commemorated in the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which is a reminder of God's deliverance. The absence of leaven also represents purity and separation from sin, as leaven is often a symbol of corruption in Scripture (<a href="/1_corinthians/5-6.htm">1 Corinthians 5:6-8</a>).<p><b>carrying it on their shoulders</b><br>The act of carrying the dough on their shoulders indicates the readiness and mobility required for the journey. It reflects the burden of leaving behind the familiar and stepping into the unknown, trusting in God's promise. This imagery can be seen as a precursor to the Christian call to bear one's cross and follow Christ (<a href="/matthew/16-24.htm">Matthew 16:24</a>).<p><b>in kneading bowls wrapped in clothing</b><br>The kneading bowls were essential tools for daily life, signifying the practical aspects of the Israelites' preparation. Wrapping them in clothing suggests protection and care for their provisions. This detail underscores the resourcefulness and adaptability of the Israelites. It also foreshadows the provision and care God would continue to show them in the wilderness, as He provided manna and quail (Exodus 16). The wrapping of the bowls can be seen as a metaphor for God's covering and protection over His people.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>The descendants of Jacob, who were enslaved in Egypt and are now preparing to leave after the final plague.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where the Israelites were enslaved and from which they are now being delivered.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_exodus.htm">The Exodus</a></b><br>The event of the Israelites' departure from Egypt, marking a significant moment of liberation and divine intervention.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/u/unleavened_dough.htm">Unleavened Dough</a></b><br>Represents the haste in which the Israelites had to leave Egypt, not having time to let their bread rise.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/k/kneading_bowls.htm">Kneading Bowls</a></b><br>The vessels used by the Israelites to carry their unleavened dough, symbolizing readiness and obedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/haste_and_obedience.htm">Haste and Obedience</a></b><br>The Israelites' quick departure teaches us the importance of immediate obedience to God's commands.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_leaven.htm">Symbolism of Leaven</a></b><br>Leaven often symbolizes sin or corruption in the Bible. The absence of leaven in the dough can remind us to live lives free from sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/readiness_for_god's_call.htm">Readiness for God's Call</a></b><br>Just as the Israelites were ready to leave at a moment's notice, we should be prepared to follow God's leading in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_provision.htm">Trust in God's Provision</a></b><br>The Israelites left with only what they could carry, trusting God to provide for their needs. We, too, should trust in God's provision as we journey through life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_support.htm">Community and Support</a></b><br>The communal aspect of the Exodus reminds us of the importance of supporting one another in our faith journeys.<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_does_'i_desire_mercy'_mean.htm">What is the Feast of Unleavened Bread?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_a_divine_appointment.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on incense?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/where_did_israelites_get_flour_in_wilderness.htm">Numbers 28:5 requires grain offerings; where did the Israelites reliably source and store large quantities of flour in the wilderness? </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><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(34) <span class= "bld">Kneadingtroughs.</span>--Light, portable wooden bowls, such as are now used by the Arabs.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 34.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">The people took their dough</span>. They probably regarded dough as more convenient for a journey than flour, and so made their flour into dough before starting; but they had no time to add leaven. <span class="cmt_word">Their kneading-troughs</span>. This rendering is correct, both here and in the two other places where the word occurs (<a href="/exodus/8-3.htm">Exodus 8:3</a>, and <a href="/deuteronomy/28-5.htm">Deuteronomy 28:5</a>). Kneading-troughs would be a necessity in the desert, and, if like those of the modern Arabs, which are merely small wooden bowls, would be light and portable. The dough and kneading-troughs, with perhaps other necessaries, were carried, as the Arabs still carry many small objects, <span class="cmt_word">bound up in their clothes</span> (<span class="accented">i.e.</span>, in the <span class="accented">beged</span> or ample shawl) upon their shoulders. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/12-34.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">So the people</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעָ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘ām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">took</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּשָּׂ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(way·yiś·śā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their dough</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּצֵק֖וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ṣê·qōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1217.htm">Strong's 1217: </a> </span><span class="str2">Dough (for cooking)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before</span><br /><span class="heb">טֶ֣רֶם</span> <span class="translit">(ṭe·rem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2962.htm">Strong's 2962: </a> </span><span class="str2">Non-occurrence, not yet, before</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it was leavened,</span><br /><span class="heb">יֶחְמָ֑ץ</span> <span class="translit">(yeḥ·māṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2556.htm">Strong's 2556: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be pungent, in taste, in color</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[carrying it] on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their shoulders</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁכְמָֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(šiḵ·mām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7926.htm">Strong's 7926: </a> </span><span class="str2">The neck, as the place of burdens, the spur of a, hill</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in kneading bowls</span><br /><span class="heb">מִשְׁאֲרֹתָ֛ם</span> <span class="translit">(miš·’ă·rō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4863.htm">Strong's 4863: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps kneading trough</span><br /><br /><span class="word">wrapped</span><br /><span class="heb">צְרֻרֹ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·ru·rōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6887.htm">Strong's 6887: </a> </span><span class="str2">To bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, or cramped</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in clothing.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּשִׂמְלֹתָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·śim·lō·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8071.htm">Strong's 8071: </a> </span><span class="str2">A dress, a mantle</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/12-34.htm">Exodus 12:34 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/12-34.htm">Exodus 12:34 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/12-34.htm">Exodus 12:34 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/12-34.htm">Exodus 12:34 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/12-34.htm">Exodus 12:34 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/12-34.htm">Exodus 12:34 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/12-34.htm">Exodus 12:34 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/12-34.htm">Exodus 12:34 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/12-34.htm">Exodus 12:34 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/12-34.htm">Exodus 12:34 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/12-34.htm">OT Law: Exodus 12:34 The people took their dough before it (Exo. 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