Exodus 23:18

Exodus 23:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
• New International Version (NIV)“Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast. “The fat of my festival offerings must not be kept until morning.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened, or let the fat of my feast remain until the morning.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“You shall not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; nor shall the fat of My sacrifice remain until morning.

Context of Exodus 23:18

16Eat the Feast of Harvest every year. Offer to me the first crops that you bring from your fields. At the end of each year, eat Feast of Final Harvest. Do that when you have finished bringing in all of your crops from the fields. 17Three times each year, all your men must come to worship the Almighty Lord. When you kill an animal to offer it to me as a sacrifice, do not offer it with bread that has yeast in it. Be sure to burn all the fat of the animal on the same day. Do not keep any of it until the next morning. 19When you cut the first crops from your fields, bring the best food to the house of the Lord your God. Do not cook a young goat in its mother's milk. 20Look! I will send an angel to lead you on your journey. He will keep you safe. He will take you to the place that I have prepared for you.

Exodus 23:18 word by word

לֹֽא־תִזְבַּ֥ח עַל־חָמֵ֖ץ דַּם־זִבְחִ֑י וְלֹֽא־יָלִ֥ין חֵֽלֶב־חַגִּ֖י עַד־בֹּֽקֶר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt not offerזָבַחzâbach · to sacrificeH2076
• the bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
• of my sacrificeזֶ֫בַחzebach · sacrificeH2077
• with leavened breadחָמֵץchâmêts · leavenH2557
• neither shall the fatחֵ֫לֶבcheleb chêleb · fatH2459
• of my sacrificeחַגchag châg · feastH2282
• remainלוּןlûn lîyn · to lodgeH3885
• until the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242

Cross-references for Exodus 23:18

• Exodus 12:8That night, they must cook the meat over the fire. They must eat it immediately, with bitter herbs and with bread that has no yeast in it.
• Exodus 34:25When you offer the blood of an animal to me as your sacrifice, do not also offer any bread with yeast in it. When you kill a lamb for the Passover sacrifice, do not keep any of the meat until the next morning.
• Leviticus 2:11A person must not use yeast when he gives a gift of grain to the Lord. He must not give yeast or honey for the priests to burn as gifts to the Lord.
• Leviticus 7:12If a man wants to thank God, he must give an animal and flat loaves of bread. He must mix the flour for the bread with oil. He must not mix the flour with yeast.
• Deuteronomy 16:4During those seven days, no one may keep any yeast in their house. There must not be any yeast in the whole land. On the first day, you will kill your animal to eat in the evening. You must eat all the meat that same night, so that there is no meat left in the morning.
• Exodus 12:10You must eat all the meat before morning arrives. If some of it still remains in the morning, then you must burn it.
• Leviticus 7:15The person must not keep the meat from the animal until the next day. He must eat it on the day that he offers it.

Commentaries on Exodus 23:18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18The blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread - The sacrifice here mentioned is undoubtedly the Passover; (see Exodus 34:25;); this is called by way of eminence My sacrifice, because God had instituted it for that especial purpose, the redemption of Israel from the Egyptian bondage, and because it typified The Lamb Of God, who taketh away the sin of the world. We have already seen how strict the prohibition against leaven was during this festival, and…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 18The blood of my sacrifice - It is generally considered that this must refer to the Paschal Lamb. See Exodus 12:7, Exodus 12:11, Exodus 12:13, Exodus 12:22-23, Exodus 12:27. The fat of my sacrifice - Strictly, the fat of my feast; the “best part” of the feast, that is, the Paschal lamb itself. Compare Exodus 34:25.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-19Verses 10-19 Every seventh year the land was to rest. They must not plough or sow it; what the earth produced of itself, should be eaten, and not laid up. This law seems to have been intended to teach dependence on Providence, and God's faithfulness in sending the larger increase while they kept his appointments. It was also typical of the heavenly rest, when all earthly labours, cares, and interests shall cease for ever. All respect to the gods of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18Blood symbolized life (Leviticus 17:11–14; Deuteronomy 12:23). So, it must not mix with anything leaven, which was usually not included in offerings (see study note on Leviticus 2:11). They had to immediately burn the fat. This was considered the best part of the offering (see Leviticus 3:3–5).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1814-18. Three times ... keep a feast ... in the year--This was the institution of the great religious festivals--"The feast of unleavened bread," or the passover--"the feast of harvest," or pentecost--"the feast of ingathering," or the feast of tabernacles, which was a memorial of the dwelling in booths in the wilderness, and which was observed in the seventh month (Ex 12:2). All the males were enjoined to repair to the tabernacle and afterwards the…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 23:18

• Fat
• Leaven (Yeast)
• Offerings
• Passover
• Worship

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Commentaries on Exodus 23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings