Numbers 28:17
New International Version
On the fifteenth day of this month there is to be a festival; for seven days eat bread made without yeast.

New Living Translation
On the following day—the fifteenth day of the month—a joyous, seven-day festival will begin, but no bread made with yeast may be eaten.

English Standard Version
and on the fifteenth day of this month is a feast. Seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

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

King James Bible
And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

New King James Version
And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast; unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days.

New American Standard Bible
On the fifteenth day of this month there shall be a feast; unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days.

NASB 1995
On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast, unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days.

NASB 1977
‘And on the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast, unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days.

Legacy Standard Bible
And on the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast; unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days.

Amplified Bible
There shall be a feast on the fifteenth day of this month; unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days.

Christian Standard Bible
On the fifteenth day of this month there will be a festival; unleavened bread is to be eaten for seven days.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
On the fifteenth day of this month there will be a festival; unleavened bread is to be eaten for seven days.

American Standard Version
And on the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

Contemporary English Version
The following day will begin the Festival of Thin Bread, which will last for a week. During this time you must honor me by eating bread made without yeast.

English Revised Version
And on the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The fifteenth of this same month is a pilgrimage festival. For seven days you must eat only unleavened bread.

Good News Translation
On the fifteenth day a religious festival begins which lasts seven days, during which only bread prepared without yeast is to be eaten.

International Standard Version
You are to hold a festival on the fifteenth day of this month for seven days, during which time unleavened bread is to be eaten."

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

NET Bible
And on the fifteenth day of this month is the festival. For seven days bread made without yeast must be eaten.

New Heart English Bible
On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

Webster's Bible Translation
And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

World English Bible
On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast. Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and in the fifteenth day of this month [is] a festival; [for] seven days unleavened bread is eaten.

Young's Literal Translation
and in the fifteenth day of this month is a festival, seven days unleavened food is eaten;

Smith's Literal Translation
In the fifteenth day to this month, a festival: seven days shall unleavened be eaten.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And on the fifteenth day the solemn feast: seven days shall they eat unleavened bread.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And the fifteenth day shall be a solemnity. For seven days, they shall eat unleavened bread.

New American Bible
and the fifteenth day of this month is the pilgrimage feast. For seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten.

New Revised Standard Version
And on the fifteenth day of this month is a festival; seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast; seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And in the fifteenth in the month, the feast of unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And on the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast; seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And on the fifteenth day of this month is a feast; seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Passover
16The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover. 17On the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten. 18On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.…

Cross References
Exodus 12:15-20
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 cut off from Israel. / On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly, and another on the seventh day. You must not do any work on those days, except to prepare the meals—that is all you may do. / 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. ...

Leviticus 23:6-8
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. / On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work. / For seven days you are to present a food offering to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.’”

Deuteronomy 16:3-8
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. / No 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. / You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you. ...

2 Chronicles 30:21-23
The Israelites who were present in Jerusalem celebrated the Feast of Unleavened Bread for seven days with great joy, and the Levites and priests praised the LORD day after day, accompanied by loud instruments of praise to the LORD. / And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing peace offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers. / The whole assembly agreed to observe seven more days, so they observed seven days with joy.

Ezra 6:22
For seven days they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread with joy, because the LORD had made them joyful and turned the heart of the king of Assyria toward them to strengthen their hands in the work on the house of the God of Israel.

Matthew 26:17-19
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’” / So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

Mark 14:12-16
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him, / and whichever house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’ ...

Luke 22:7-13
Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed. / Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.” / “Where do You want us to prepare it?” they asked. ...

John 13:1
It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.

1 Corinthians 5:7-8
Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. / 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.

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 the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.

Exodus 34:18
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.

Joshua 5:10-11
On the evening of the fourteenth day of the month, while the Israelites were camped at Gilgal on the plains of Jericho, they kept the Passover. / The day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate unleavened bread and roasted grain from the produce of the land.

2 Kings 23:21-23
The king commanded all the people, “Keep the Passover of the LORD your God, as it is written in this Book of the Covenant.” / No such Passover had been observed from the days of the judges who had governed Israel through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah. / But in the eighteenth year of Josiah’s reign, this Passover was observed to the LORD in Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 45:21
On the fourteenth day of the first month you are to observe the Passover, a feast of seven days, during which unleavened bread shall be eaten.


Treasury of Scripture

And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

Exodus 12:16
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.

Leviticus 23:7,8
In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein…

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On the fifteenth day of this month
This phrase marks a specific time in the Hebrew calendar, the month of Nisan, which corresponds to March-April in the Gregorian calendar. The fifteenth day is significant as it begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread, immediately following Passover. Historically, this period commemorates the Israelites' exodus from Egypt, a pivotal event in Jewish history. The precision of the date underscores the importance of divine timing and order in God's plan, reminding believers of the significance of God's appointed times.

there shall be a feast
The term "feast" in Hebrew is "חַג" (chag), which implies a festival or celebration. This feast is not merely a time of eating but a sacred assembly, a time of worship and remembrance. It is a communal event, drawing the people together in unity and shared purpose. The feast serves as a reminder of God's deliverance and provision, encouraging believers to celebrate God's faithfulness and to gather in His presence with joy and gratitude.

for seven days
The number seven in the Bible often symbolizes completeness or perfection, reflecting God's creation week. The seven-day duration of the feast signifies a complete cycle of worship and remembrance. It invites believers to enter into a period of reflection and dedication, setting aside worldly concerns to focus on spiritual renewal and thanksgiving. This extended time of observance highlights the importance of sustained devotion and the rhythm of rest and worship in the believer's life.

unleavened bread
The Hebrew word for unleavened bread is "מַצּוֹת" (matzot). Unleavened bread is bread made without yeast, symbolizing purity and the absence of sin. In the context of the Exodus, it represents the haste with which the Israelites left Egypt, not having time to let their bread rise. Spiritually, it calls believers to a life of holiness and separation from sin, encouraging them to remove the "leaven" of sin from their lives and to live in sincerity and truth.

is to be eaten
The act of eating unleavened bread is a tangible expression of obedience and participation in God's covenant. It is a physical reminder of spiritual truths, inviting believers to internalize the lessons of the feast. Eating together as a community reinforces the bonds of fellowship and shared faith, encouraging believers to support and uplift one another in their spiritual journeys. This act of consumption is a call to remember and to live out the principles of faith in daily life, embodying the values of the Kingdom of God.

Verse 17. - In the fifteenth day of this month is the feast. The fourteenth day of Abib, or Nisan, the day of the passover proper, was not a feast, but a fast ending with the sacred meal of the evening. Only the ordinary daily sacrifice was offered on this day. Unleavened bread. מַצּות (mattsoth). Septuagint, ἄζυμα, unleavened cakes.

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Hebrew
On the fifteenth
וּבַחֲמִשָּׁ֨ה (ū·ḇa·ḥă·miš·šāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Number - masculine singular
Strong's 2568: Five

day
י֛וֹם (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

of this
הַזֶּ֖ה (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

month,
לַחֹ֥דֶשׁ (la·ḥō·ḏeš)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2320: The new moon, a month

there shall be a feast;
חָ֑ג (ḥāḡ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2282: A festival gathering, feast, pilgrim feast

for seven
שִׁבְעַ֣ת (šiḇ·‘aṯ)
Number - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

days
יָמִ֔ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

unleavened bread
מַצּ֖וֹת (maṣ·ṣō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 4682: Sweetness, sweet, an unfermented cake, loaf, the festival of Passover

is to be eaten.
יֵאָכֵֽל׃ (yê·’ā·ḵêl)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 398: To eat


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