Deuteronomy 16:3 “You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat…”

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 may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.

World English Bible

You shall eat no leavened bread with it. You shall eat unleavened bread with it seven days, even the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste) that you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.

American Standard Version

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou shalt eate no leauened bread with it: but seuen dayes shalt thou eate vnleauened bread therewith, euen the bread of tribulation: for thou camest out of the land of Egypt in haste, that thou maist remember ye day whe thou camest out of the land of Egypt, all the dayes of thy life.

Darby Translation

Thou shalt eat no leavened bread along with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread with it, bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste, — that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt, all the days of thy life.

Young's Literal Translation

'Thou dost not eat with it any fermented thing, seven days thou dost eat with it unleavened things, bread of affliction; for in haste thou hast come out of the land of Egypt; so that thou dost remember the day of thy coming out of the land of Egypt all days of thy life;

Bible in Basic English

Take no leavened bread with it; for seven days let your food be unleavened bread, that is, the bread of sorrow; for you came out of the land of Egypt quickly: so the memory of that day, when you came out of the land of Egypt, will be with you all your life.

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Cross references

“eat no”

Exodus 12:39 Exodus 34:18 Numbers 9:11 Leviticus 23:6 Numbers 28:17 1 Corinthians 5:8

Exodus 12:39 · BSB

Since their dough had no leaven, the people baked what they had brought out of Egypt into unleavened loaves. For when they had been driven out of Egypt, they could not delay and had not prepared any provisions for themse…

Exodus 34:18 · BSB

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.

Numbers 9:11 · BSB

Such people are to observe it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;

Leviticus 23:6 · BSB

On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread.

Numbers 28:17 · BSB

On the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten.

1 Corinthians 5:8 · BSB

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.

“the bread”

1 Kings 22:27 Psalm 102:9 Psalm 127:2 Zechariah 12:10 1 Thessalonians 1:6 2 Corinthians 7:10

1 Kings 22:27 · BSB

and tell them that this is what the king says: ‘Put this man in prison and feed him only bread and water until I return safely.’”

Psalm 102:9 · BSB

For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears

Psalm 127:2 · BSB

In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.

Zechariah 12:10 · BSB

Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and gr…

1 Thessalonians 1:6 · BSB

And you became imitators of us and of the Lord when you welcomed the message with the joy of the Holy Spirit, in spite of your great suffering.

2 Corinthians 7:10 · BSB

Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.

“for thou camest”

Exodus 12:32 Exodus 12:33

Exodus 12:32 · BSB

Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”

Exodus 12:33 · BSB

And in order to send them out of the land quickly, the Egyptians urged the people on. “For otherwise,” they said, “we are all going to die!”

“mayest”

Luke 22:19 Psalm 111:4 1 Corinthians 11:24–26 Exodus 12:14 Exodus 12:26 Exodus 12:27

Luke 22:19 · BSB

And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

Psalm 111:4 · BSB

He has caused His wonders to be remembered; the LORD is gracious and compassionate.

1 Corinthians 11:24–26 · BSB

and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”

Exodus 12:14 · BSB

And this day will be a memorial for you, and you are to celebrate it as a feast to the LORD, as a permanent statute for the generations to come.

Exodus 12:26 · BSB

When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’

Exodus 12:27 · BSB

you are to reply, ‘It is the Passover sacrifice to the LORD, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt when He struck down the Egyptians and spared our homes.’” Then the people bowed down and worshiped.

Also

Exodus 12:8 Exodus 12:11

Exodus 12:8 · BSB

They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

Exodus 12:11 · BSB

This is how you are to eat it: You must be fully dressed for travel, with your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. You are to eat in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name.

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.

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