Exodus 13:7
in Exodus 13Unleavened bread shall be eaten during those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, nor shall leaven be found anywhere within your borders.
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ASV
Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee, in all thy borders.
KJV
Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
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This verse in Exodus 13
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA 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.
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.
This site's exposition
nor shall leaven be found anywhere within your borders
Matthew Henry reads the strictness as meant to make the feast stand out, so that children would ask why so much was made of it. The next verse gives the answer to the son. Deuteronomy 16:4 repeats the rule of seven days for the whole land.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
The care and strictness enjoined in this matter were designed, (1.) To make the feast the more solemn, and consequently the more taken notice of by their children, who would ask, "Why is so much ado made?" (2.) To teach us how solicitous we should be to put away from us all sin, 1 Cor. v. 7 .
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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The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מַצּוֹת֙ | matzot | unleavened bread<s> | H4682 → | 53 times |
| יֵֽאָכֵ֔ל | yeakhel | it will be eaten | H398 → | 810 times |
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שִׁבְעַ֣ת | shivat | [the] seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| הַיָּמִ֑ים | haiyamim | the days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יֵרָאֶ֨ה | yeraeh | it will be seen | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| לְךָ֜ | lekha | by you | ||
| חָמֵ֗ץ | chametz | leaven | H2557 → | 11 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יֵרָאֶ֥ה | yeraeh | it will be seen | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| לְךָ֛ | lekha | by you | ||
| שְׂאֹ֖ר | seor | leaven | H7603 → | 5 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | in all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| גְּבֻלֶֽךָ׃ | gevulekha | territory your | H1366 → | 240 times |
מַצּוֹת֙unleavened bread<s>
matzotH4682 →53 times
יֵֽאָכֵ֔לit will be eaten
yeakhelH398 →810 times
אֵ֖ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
שִׁבְעַ֣ת[the] seven
shivatH7651 →394 times
הַיָּמִ֑יםthe days
haiyamimH3117 →2304 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יֵרָאֶ֨הit will be seen
yeraehH7200 →1300 times
לְךָ֜by you
lekha
חָמֵ֗ץleaven
chametzH2557 →11 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יֵרָאֶ֥הit will be seen
yeraehH7200 →1300 times
לְךָ֛by you
lekha
שְׂאֹ֖רleaven
seorH7603 →5 times
בְּכָל־in all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
גְּבֻלֶֽךָ׃territory your
gevulekhaH1366 →240 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
Matthew 16:6“Watch out!” Jesus told them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
it leads to
- Luke 12:1
In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is…
- Matthew 16:12
Then they understood that He was not telling them to beware of the leaven used in bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
- Galatians 5:9
A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
- Leviticus 2:11
No grain offering that you present to the LORD may be made with leaven, for you are not to burn any leaven or honey as an offering made by fire to the LORD.
- 1 Corinthians 5:6–8
Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven works through the whole batch of dough?
- Luke 12:1
Through
Exodus 12:19For seven days there must be no leaven found in your houses. If anyone eats something leavened, that person, whether a foreigner or native of the land, must be cut off from the congregation…
it leads to
- Exodus 12:15
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…
- Exodus 23:15
You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was…
- Deuteronomy 16:3
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…
- Exodus 12:15
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About Exodus
This page draws on 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.