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Then on the seventh day, celebrate a feast to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day <i>shall be</i> a feast to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day <i>there shall be</i> a feast to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day <i>there shall be</i> a feast to Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For seven days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there is to be a festival to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For seven days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there is to be a festival to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />For seven days you are to eat bread made without yeast, and on the seventh day you are to celebrate a festival in honor of the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. The seventh day will be a pilgrimage festival in the LORD's honor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />For seven days you must eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day there is to be a festival to honor the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, and on the seventh day there is to be a festival to the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast, and on the seventh day there is to be a festival to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Yahweh. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Seven days you eat unleavened things, and in the seventh day [is] a celebration to YHWH;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Seven days thou dost eat unleavened things, and in the seventh day is a feast to Jehovah;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened, and in the seventh day a festival to Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be the solemnity of the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For seven days, you shall feed on unleavened bread. And on the seventh day, it will be the solemnity of the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For seven days you will eat unleavened bread, and the seventh day will also be a festival to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a festival to the LORD.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a festival to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Seven days you will eat unleavened bread and in the seventh day it is a feast to LORD JEHOVAH.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Six days ye shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day is a feast to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/13-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=3220" 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/13.htm">The Dedication of the Firstborn</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: šiḇ·‘aṯ (Number-msc) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">For seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mîm (N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">days</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: tō·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">you are to eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/4682.htm" title="4682: maṣ·ṣōṯ (N-fp) -- Unleavened bread or cake. ">unleavened bread,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7637.htm" title="7637: haš·šə·ḇî·‘î (Art:: Number-oms) -- Seventh (an ord. number). Or shbi iy; ordinal from shib'iym. seventh.">and on the seventh</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: ū·ḇay·yō·wm (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/2282.htm" title="2282: ḥaḡ (N-ms) -- A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast. Or chag; from chagag; a festival, or a victim therefor.">there shall be a feast</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>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 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 23:6-8</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. / 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.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-3.htm">Deuteronomy 16:3-8</a></span><br />You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt. / No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning. / You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/28-17.htm">Numbers 28:17-25</a></span><br />On the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten. / On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work. / Present to the LORD a food offering, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/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="/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/13-1.htm">John 13:1</a></span><br />It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7-8</a></span><br />Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. / Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Exodus 12:15-20</a></span><br />For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel. / On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do. / So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/5-10.htm">Joshua 5:10-11</a></span><br />On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover. / The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_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="/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="/psalms/81-3.htm">Psalm 81:3-5</a></span><br />Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast. / For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. / He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Exodus 12:15-20</a></b></br> Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/34-18.htm">Exodus 34:18</a></b></br> The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/23-8.htm">Leviticus 23:8</a></b></br> But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day <i>is</i> an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work <i>therein</i>.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/13-3.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/exodus/12-39.htm">Cakes</a> <a href="/exodus/13-3.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/exodus/12-47.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/exodus/12-14.htm">Festival</a> <a href="/exodus/12-39.htm">Food</a> <a href="/exodus/12-47.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/exodus/12-19.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/exodus/12-16.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/exodus/12-39.htm">Unleavened</a> <a href="/exodus/12-39.htm">Yeast</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/13-7.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/exodus/13-7.htm">Cakes</a> <a href="/exodus/13-7.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/exodus/23-14.htm">Feast</a> <a href="/exodus/23-14.htm">Festival</a> <a href="/exodus/13-7.htm">Food</a> <a href="/exodus/14-14.htm">Hold</a> <a href="/exodus/13-7.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/exodus/16-26.htm">Seventh</a> <a href="/exodus/13-7.htm">Unleavened</a> <a href="/exodus/13-7.htm">Yeast</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/13-1.htm">The firstborn are sanctified to God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/13-3.htm">The memorial of the Passover is commanded</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/13-11.htm">The firstborn of man and beast are set apart</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/13-17.htm">The Israelites go out of Egypt, and carry Joseph's bones with them.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/13-20.htm">They come to Etham</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/13-21.htm">God guides them by a pillar of a cloud, and a pillar of fire</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/13.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/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread</b><br>The command to eat unleavened bread for seven days is rooted in the historical context of the Israelites' exodus from Egypt. Leaven, or yeast, symbolizes sin and corruption in biblical typology, and the removal of leaven from their homes represents purification and separation from sin. The seven-day period signifies completeness and perfection, reflecting God's complete deliverance of His people. This practice is part of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which immediately follows Passover, commemorating the haste with which the Israelites left Egypt, as they did not have time to let their bread rise. This observance is a perpetual reminder of God's faithfulness and deliverance.<p><b>and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD</b><br>The seventh day culminates in a feast to the LORD, highlighting the importance of worship and thanksgiving in the life of the Israelites. This feast is not merely a communal meal but a sacred assembly dedicated to God, emphasizing His central role in their deliverance. The number seven often represents divine perfection and completion in Scripture, and the feast on the seventh day signifies the completion of God's redemptive act. This celebration foreshadows the ultimate deliverance through Jesus Christ, who is the fulfillment of the Passover Lamb, offering eternal salvation and rest. The feast serves as a type of the future Messianic banquet, where believers will celebrate the ultimate victory over sin and death.<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, including the observance of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God who were delivered from slavery in Egypt and instructed to observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread as a perpetual reminder of their deliverance.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land of bondage from which the Israelites were delivered, symbolizing sin and oppression.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/f/feast_of_unleavened_bread.htm">Feast of Unleavened Bread</a></b><br>A seven-day observance following Passover, commemorating the haste of the Israelites' departure from Egypt and their reliance on God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The covenant-keeping God who delivered Israel and commanded the observance of this feast as a sign of His faithfulness and their consecration to Him.<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 symbolizes purity and separation from sin. Just as the Israelites removed leaven from their homes, Christians are called to remove sin from their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/remembrance_and_gratitude.htm">Remembrance and Gratitude</a></b><br>The feast serves as a reminder of God's deliverance and faithfulness. Believers are encouraged to regularly remember and give thanks for their spiritual deliverance through Christ.<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 demonstrates the importance of obedience to God's instructions. Christians are called to live in obedience to God's Word.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_worship.htm">Community and Worship</a></b><br>The feast was a communal event, highlighting the importance of gathering together in worship and fellowship. Believers are encouraged to participate in communal worship and support one another in faith.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/anticipation_of_fulfillment.htm">Anticipation of Fulfillment</a></b><br>The feast points forward to the ultimate fulfillment in Christ, who is the true Passover Lamb. Christians live in anticipation of the complete fulfillment of God's promises.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_defines_visible_vs._invisible_church.htm">What are the religious festivals mentioned in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_foods_are_mentioned_in_the_bible.htm">What foods are mentioned in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_israelites_bound_commands_then.htm">Exodus 13:9 - Is there any historical evidence that Israelites literally bound these commands on their hands or foreheads at this time?</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><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">A feast to the Lord.</span>--Comp. <a href="/exodus/12-16.htm" title="And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.">Exodus 12:16</a>, where a "holy convocation" is ordered for the seventh day. The Jews regard this day--the twenty-first of Ahib--as the anniversary of the passage of the Red Sea.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Seven days</span>. Compare <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Exodus 12:15</a><span class="cmt_word">. In the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord</span>. The feast lasted during the whole of the seven days, but the first day and the last were to be kept especially holy. (See <a href="/exodus/12-16.htm">Exodus 12:16</a>; <a href="/leviticus/23-6.htm">Leviticus 23:6-8</a>.) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/13-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For seven</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁבְעַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(šiḇ·‘aṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">days</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you are to eat</span><br /><span class="heb">תֹּאכַ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(tō·ḵal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<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">and on the seventh</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šə·ḇî·‘î)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7637.htm">Strong's 7637: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seventh (an ordinal number)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">day</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבַיּוֹם֙</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇay·yō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | 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">there shall be a feast</span><br /><span class="heb">חַ֖ג</span> <span class="translit">(ḥaḡ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2282.htm">Strong's 2282: </a> </span><span class="str2">A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַיהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/13-6.htm">Exodus 13:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/13-6.htm">Exodus 13:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/13-6.htm">Exodus 13:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/13-6.htm">Exodus 13:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/13-6.htm">Exodus 13:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/13-6.htm">Exodus 13:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/13-6.htm">Exodus 13:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/13-6.htm">Exodus 13:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/13-6.htm">Exodus 13:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/13-6.htm">Exodus 13:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/13-6.htm">OT Law: Exodus 13:6 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread (Exo. 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