KJV King James Version
The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
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Exodus 34:18
The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.
WEB World English Bible
“You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib; for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt.
ASV American Standard Version
The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib; for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘The feast of unleavened things thou dost keep; seven days thou dost eat unleavened things, as I have commanded thee, at an appointed time, the month of Abib: for in the month of Abib thou didst come out from Egypt.
Surrounding context — Exodus 34
15 Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and [one] call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;
16 And thou take of their daughters unto thy sons, and their daughters go a whoring after their gods, and make thy sons go a whoring after their gods.
17 Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.
18 The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
19 All that openeth the matrix [is] mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, [whether] ox or sheep, [that is male].
20 But the firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem [him] not, then shalt thou break his neck. All the firstborn of thy sons thou shalt redeem. And none shall appear before me empty.
21 Six days thou shalt work, but on the seventh day thou shalt rest: in earing time and in harvest thou shalt rest.
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אֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]חַ֣גH2282 · chagfeastהַמַּצּוֹת֮H4682 · mats.tsahunleavened breadתִּשְׁמֹר֒H8104 · sha.marto keep: obeyשִׁבְעַ֨תH7651 · she.vasevenיָמִ֜יםH3117 · yomdayתֹּאכַ֤לH398 · a.khalto eatמַצּוֹת֙H4682 · mats.tsahunleavened breadאֲשֶׁ֣רH834 · a.sherwhichצִוִּיתִ֔ךָH6680 · tsa.vahto commandלְמוֹעֵ֖דH4150 · mo.edmeeting: time appointedחֹ֣דֶשׁH2320 · cho.deshmonthהָאָבִ֑יבH24 · a.vivAbibכִּ֚יH3588 · kiforבְּחֹ֣דֶשׁH2320 · cho.deshmonthהָֽאָבִ֔יבH24 · a.vivAbibיָצָ֖אתָH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeמִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃H4714 · mits.ra.yimEgypt
Cross-references
Leviticus 23:6And on the fifteenth day of the same month [is] the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.Exodus 13:4This day came ye out in the month Abib.Exodus 13:6-7Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day [shall be] a feast to the LORD.Deuteronomy 16:1-4Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the LORD thy God: for in the month of Abib the LORD thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night.Mark 14:1After two days was [the feast of] the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put [him] to death.Exodus 12:2This month [shall be] unto you the beginning of months: it [shall be] the first month of the year to you.Acts 12:3And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)Luke 22:1Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.Exodus 23:15Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)Exodus 12:15-20Seven 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.
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