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Exodus 12:18
18The 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.
Exodus 12:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)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.
Context of Exodus 12:18
16On the first day of the festival and again on the seventh day, all the people must observe an official day for holy assembly. No work of any kind may be done on these days except in the preparation of food. 17“Celebrate this Festival of Unleavened Bread, for it will remind you that I brought your forces out of the land of Egypt on this very day. This festival will be a permanent law for you; celebrate this day from generation to generation. 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. 19During those seven days, there must be no trace of yeast in your homes. Anyone who eats anything made with yeast during this week will be cut off from the community of Israel. These regulations apply both to the foreigners living among you and to the native-born Israelites. 20During those days you must not eat anything made with yeast. Wherever you live, eat only bread made without yeast.”
Read all of Exodus 12Exodus 12:18 word by word
בָּרִאשֹׁ֡ן בְּאַרְבָּעָה֩ עָשָׂ֨ר י֤וֹם לַחֹ֙דֶשׁ֙ בָּעֶ֔רֶב תֹּאכְל֖וּ מַצֹּ֑ת עַ֠ד י֣וֹם הָאֶחָ֧ד וְעֶשְׂרִ֛ים לַחֹ֖דֶשׁ בָּעָֽרֶב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- In the firstרִאשׁוֹןri'shôn ri'shôn · firstH7223
- on the fourteenthאַרְבַּע'arba‛ 'arbâ‛âh · fourH702
- on the fourteenthעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
- dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- of the monthחֹ֫דֶשׁchôdesh · monthH2320
- at evenעֶ֫רֶב‛ereb · eveningH6153
- ye shall eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- unleavened breadמַצָּהmatstsâh · unleavened breadH4682
- until the oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- and twentiethעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
Cross-references for Exodus 12:18
- Exodus 12:1While the Israelites were still in the land of Egypt, the Lord gave the following instructions to Moses and Aaron:
- Leviticus 23:5“The Lord’s Passover begins at sundown on the fourteenth day of the first month.
- Numbers 28:16“On the fourteenth day of the first month, you must celebrate the Lord’s Passover.
Commentaries on Exodus 12:18
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-30The Lord gave Moses instructions for the Passover meal and the Feast of Unleavened Bread (12:14–20). Moses and the people then celebrated the first Passover (12:21–30).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-5115. Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread, &c.--This was to commemorate another circumstance in the departure of the Israelites, who were urged to leave so hurriedly that their dough was unleavened (Ex 12:39), and they had to eat unleavened cakes (De 16:3). The greatest care was always taken by the Jews to free their houses from leaven--the owner searching every corner of his dwelling with a lighted candle. A figurative allusion to this is made (1Co…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 12
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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