Exodus 23:18
in Exodus 23You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.
KJV
Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
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This verse in Exodus 23
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThe blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread - The sacrifice here mentioned is undoubtedly the Passover; (see Exo 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 what was signified by it. See on Exodus 12 (note).
This site's exposition
Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice
Two rules guard the offering itself. Leaven is kept away from the blood and the fat is not left overnight, and both are about decay reaching what has been given to God. Exodus 34:25 repeats the pair almost exactly, and the same care about what remains until the morning governs the passover at 12:10.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Thou shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread,....
At the feast of pentecost, when they were to begin their harvest, they must bring the first of their first-fruits to God, by the pious presenting of which the whole harvest was sanctified,
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
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).
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The blood of my sacrifice - It is generally considered that this must refer to the Paschal Lamb. See Exo 12:7, Exo 12:11, Exo 12:13, Exo 12:22-23, Exo 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 Exo 34:25.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תִזְבַּ֥ח | tizbach | you must sacrifice | H2076 → | 134 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | with | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| חָמֵ֖ץ | chametz | leaven | H2557 → | 11 times |
| דַּם־ | dam- | [the] blood of | H1818 → | 360 times |
| זִבְחִ֑י | zivchi | sacrifice my | H2077 → | 162 times |
| וְלֹֽא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יָלִ֥ין | yalin | it will remain overnight | H3885 → | 84 times |
| חֵֽלֶב־ | chelev- | [the] fat of | H2459 → | 92 times |
| חַגִּ֖י | chagi | festival sacrifice my | H2282 → | 62 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| בֹּֽקֶר׃ | boker | morning | H1242 → | 214 times |
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
תִזְבַּ֥חyou must sacrifice
tizbachH2076 →134 times
עַל־with
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
חָמֵ֖ץleaven
chametzH2557 →11 times
דַּם־[the] blood of
dam-H1818 →360 times
זִבְחִ֑יsacrifice my
zivchiH2077 →162 times
וְלֹֽא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יָלִ֥יןit will remain overnight
yalinH3885 →84 times
חֵֽלֶב־[the] fat of
chelev-H2459 →92 times
חַגִּ֖יfestival sacrifice my
chagiH2282 →62 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
בֹּֽקֶר׃morning
bokerH1242 →214 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 34:25Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to Me along with anything leavened, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Feast remain until morning.
it leads to
- Exodus 12:10
Do not leave any of it until morning; before the morning you must burn up any part that is left over.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 12:8
They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 12:20
You are not to eat anything leavened; eat unleavened bread in all your homes.”
- Numbers 9:12
they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.
- Exodus 12:10
Through
Deuteronomy 16:4No 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.
it leads to
- Exodus 34:25
Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to Me along with anything leavened, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Feast remain until morning.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 13:7
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.
- Exodus 34:25
Through
Leviticus 2:11No 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.
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…
- Galatians 5:9
A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
- Luke 12:1
Where this verse is studied
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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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.