KJV King James Version
And ye shall observe [the feast of] unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
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Exodus 12:17
And ye shall observe [the feast of] unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come.
WEB World English Bible
You shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this same day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore you shall observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance forever.
ASV American Standard Version
And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your hosts out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day throughout your generations by an ordinance for ever.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and ye have observed the unleavened things, for in this self-same day I have brought out your hosts from the land of Egypt, and ye have observed this day to your generations—a statute age-during.
Surrounding context — Exodus 12
14 And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever.
15 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
16 And in the first day [there shall be] an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save [that] which every man must eat, that only may be done of you.
17 And ye shall observe [the feast of] unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
18 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.
19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
20 Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
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וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֮H8104 · sha.marto keep: obeyאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַמַּצּוֹת֒H4682 · mats.tsahunleavened breadכִּ֗יH3588 · kiforבְּעֶ֙צֶם֙H6106 · e.tsemboneהַיּ֣וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַזֶּ֔הH2088 · zehthisהוֹצֵ֥אתִיH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]צִבְאוֹתֵיכֶ֖םH6635 · tsa.vaarmyמֵאֶ֣רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetמִצְרָ֑יִםH4714 · mits.ra.yimEgyptוּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֞םH8104 · sha.marto keep: obeyאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַיּ֥וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַזֶּ֛הH2088 · zehthisלְדֹרֹתֵיכֶ֖םH1755 · dorgenerationחֻקַּ֥תH2708 · chuq.qahstatuteעוֹלָֽם׃H5769 · o.lamforever: enduring
Cross-references
Exodus 13:8And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, [This is done] because of that [which] the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.Exodus 7:5And the Egyptians shall know that I [am] the LORD, when I stretch forth mine hand upon Egypt, and bring out the children of Israel from among them.Exodus 13:3And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this [place]: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.Exodus 12:41And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.Numbers 20:16And when we cried unto the LORD, he heard our voice, and sent an angel, and hath brought us forth out of Egypt: and, behold, we [are] in Kadesh, a city in the uttermost of thy border:
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