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 refers to the 15th day of the first month in the Hebrew calendar, known as Nisan or Abib. This timing is significant as it follows the Passover, which is observed on the 14th day. The 15th day marks the beginning of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, a key festival in the Jewish religious calendar. This period is a time of remembrance for the Israelites' exodus from Egypt, highlighting God's deliverance and faithfulness. The timing also aligns with the spring harvest, symbolizing new beginnings and God's provision.

there shall be a feast
The feast mentioned is the Feast of Unleavened Bread, one of the three major pilgrimage festivals in ancient Israel. It is a time of communal gathering and worship, emphasizing unity and shared faith among the Israelites. Historically, this feast served as a reminder of the haste with which the Israelites left Egypt, as they did not have time to let their bread rise. Theologically, it underscores themes of purity and separation from sin, as leaven often symbolizes sin in biblical literature.

for seven days
The duration of seven days is significant in biblical numerology, often representing completeness or perfection. This week-long observance allows for a thorough reflection on God's deliverance and the importance of living a life set apart for Him. The seven-day period also provides ample time for teaching and reinforcing the lessons of the Exodus to future generations, ensuring the continuity of faith and tradition.

unleavened bread is to be eaten
Unleavened bread, or matzah, is central to this feast. Its consumption is a direct command from God, symbolizing the purity and holiness expected of His people. The absence of leaven, which causes fermentation and decay, represents the removal of sin and corruption from one's life. This practice is also a type of Christ, who is the sinless "bread of life" (John 6:35). Just as the Israelites were sustained by unleavened bread during their journey, believers are spiritually sustained by Christ.

Persons / Places / Events
1. The Israelites
The chosen people of God, who are given specific instructions on how to observe the feasts and offerings.

2. The Feast of Unleavened Bread
A significant Jewish festival that begins on the fifteenth day of the first month (Nisan) and lasts for seven days, commemorating the Israelites' exodus from Egypt.

3. Moses
The leader of the Israelites, who received the law from God and communicated these instructions to the people.

4. The Tabernacle
The place where the Israelites would bring their offerings and where the priests would perform the rituals associated with the feast.

5. The Wilderness
The setting where the Israelites received these instructions, as they journeyed from Egypt to the Promised Land.
Teaching Points
Significance of Obedience
The Israelites were called to obey God's commands regarding the feasts, which teaches us the importance of obedience in our own spiritual lives.

Symbolism of Unleavened Bread
The absence of leaven symbolizes purity and separation from sin, reminding believers to live holy lives.

Remembrance and Thanksgiving
The Feast of Unleavened Bread was a time to remember God's deliverance and provision, encouraging us to regularly reflect on and give thanks for God's work in our lives.

Community and Worship
The communal aspect of the feast highlights the importance of gathering together for worship and mutual encouragement in the faith.

Christ as Our Passover
Understanding the fulfillment of the Passover in Christ deepens our appreciation for His sacrifice and the new covenant established through His blood.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.

Parallel Commentaries ...


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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