Exodus 13:5
in Exodus 13And 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.
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ASV
And it shall be, when Jehovah shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
KJV
And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
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This verse in Exodus 13
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The Canaanites - Five nations only are named in this passage, whereas six are named in Exo 3:8, and ten in the original promise to Abraham, Gen 15:19-21. The first word “Canaanite” is generic, and includes all the Hamite races of Palestine.
This site's exposition
when the Lord shall bring thee into the land
on Exodus 13:5-7
The keeping of the feast is tied to a country the people have not seen, and five nations are named here where Exodus 3:8 named six and Genesis 15:19-21 named ten. What they are to keep is called this service, and the Hebrew root behind that word is the one Exodus 1:14 used five times over for the labour they left the week before. Seven days of unleavened bread close in a feast on the seventh, and the rule reaches past the table to the house, since no leaven is to be seen in all thy quarters.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
It was not enough that they remembered it, but they must celebrate the memorial of it in that way which God had appointed, and use the instituted means of preserving the remembrance of it. So, under the gospel, we must not only remember Christ, but do this in remembrance of him. Observe, How strict the prohibition of leaven is (
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And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
It was, however, only a prospective observance; we read of only one celebration of the passover during the protracted sojourn in the wilderness [Nu 9:5]; but on their settlement in the promised land, the season was hallowed as a sacred anniversary [Jos 5:10], in conformity with the directions here given.
When the Lord shall bring thee into the land - Hence it is pretty evident that the Israelites were not obliged to celebrate the Passover, or keep the feast of unleavened bread, till they were brought into the promised land.
The words behind it
26 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהָיָ֣ה | vehayah | and it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| כִֽי־ | khi- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יְבִֽיאֲךָ֣ | yeviakha | he will bring you | H935 → | 2568 times |
| יְהוָ֡ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֶ֣רֶץ | ʾeretz | [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| הַֽ֠כְּנַעֲנִי | hakenaani | the Canaanite[s] | H3669 → | 73 times |
| וְהַחִתִּ֨י | vehachiti | and the Hittite[s] | H2850 → | 48 times |
| וְהָאֱמֹרִ֜י | vehaemori | and the Amorite[s] | H567 → | 87 times |
| וְהַחִוִּ֣י | vehachivi | and the Hivite[s] | H2340 → | 25 times |
| וְהַיְבוּסִ֗י | vehayvusi | and the Jebusite[s] | H2983 → | 41 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נִשְׁבַּ֤ע | nishba' | he swore | H7650 → | 186 times |
| לַאֲבֹתֶ֙יךָ֙ | laavoteikha | to ancestors your | H1 → | 1212 times |
| לָ֣תֶת | latet | to give | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לָ֔ךְ | lakh | to you | ||
| אֶ֛רֶץ | ʾeretz | a land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| זָבַ֥ת | zavat | flowing of | H2100 → | 42 times |
| חָלָ֖ב | chalav | milk | H2461 → | 44 times |
| וּדְבָ֑שׁ | udevash | and honey | H1706 → | 54 times |
| וְעָבַדְתָּ֛ | veavadta | and you will serve | H5647 → | 288 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָעֲבֹדָ֥ה | haavodah | the service | H5656 → | 145 times |
| הַזֹּ֖את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁ | bachodesh | in the month | H2320 → | 284 times |
| הַזֶּֽה׃ | hazeh | <the> this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
וְהָיָ֣הand it will be
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
כִֽי־that
khi-H3588 →4482 times
יְבִֽיאֲךָ֣he will bring you
yeviakhaH935 →2568 times
יְהוָ֡הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
אֶ֣רֶץ[the] land of
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
הַֽ֠כְּנַעֲנִיthe Canaanite[s]
hakenaaniH3669 →73 times
וְהַחִתִּ֨יand the Hittite[s]
vehachitiH2850 →48 times
וְהָאֱמֹרִ֜יand the Amorite[s]
vehaemoriH567 →87 times
וְהַחִוִּ֣יand the Hivite[s]
vehachiviH2340 →25 times
וְהַיְבוּסִ֗יand the Jebusite[s]
vehayvusiH2983 →41 times
אֲשֶׁ֨רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
נִשְׁבַּ֤עhe swore
nishba'H7650 →186 times
לַאֲבֹתֶ֙יךָ֙to ancestors your
laavoteikhaH1 →1212 times
לָ֣תֶתto give
latetH5414 →2011 times
לָ֔ךְto you
lakh
אֶ֛רֶץa land
ʾeretzH776 →2504 times
זָבַ֥תflowing of
zavatH2100 →42 times
חָלָ֖בmilk
chalavH2461 →44 times
וּדְבָ֑שׁand honey
udevashH1706 →54 times
וְעָבַדְתָּ֛and you will serve
veavadtaH5647 →288 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הָעֲבֹדָ֥הthe service
haavodahH5656 →145 times
הַזֹּ֖את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
בַּחֹ֥דֶשׁin the month
bachodeshH2320 →284 times
הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this
hazehH2088 →1180 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 3:8I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and…
it leads to
- Genesis 50:24
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “I am about to die, but God will surely visit you and bring you up from this land to the land He promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac,…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Genesis 15:18–21
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
- Exodus 3:17
And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
- Deuteronomy 1:25
They took some of the fruit of the land in their hands, carried it down to us, and brought us word: “It is a good land that the LORD our God is giving us.”
- Deuteronomy 8:7–9
For the LORD your God is bringing you into a good land, a land of brooks and fountains and springs that flow through the valleys and hills;
- Genesis 50:24
Through
Exodus 3:17And I have promised to bring you up out of your affliction in Egypt, into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites—a land flowing with milk and honey.’
it leads to
- Genesis 15:13–21
Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
- Genesis 15:13–21
Through
Exodus 6:8And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”
it leads to
- Genesis 26:3
Stay in this land as a foreigner, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath…
- Genesis 15:18
On that day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, “To your descendants I have given this land—from the river of Egypt to the great River Euphrates—
- Genesis 26:3
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About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.