Exodus 12:15

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Seven	שִׁבְעַ֤ת shiv.'At	H7651	seven (as the sacred full one) · cardinal number, both genders singular construct
days	יָמִים֙ ya.Mim	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
eat	תֹּאכֵ֔לוּ to.Khe.lu	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
bread	מַצּ֣וֹת ma.Tzot	H4682	properly · noun, common feminine plural absolute
even	אַ֚ךְ 'akh	H389	a particle of affirmation · adverb
first	הָרִאשׁ֔וֹן ha.ri.Shon	H7223	first · definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular absolute
day	בַּיּ֣וֹם bai.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
away	תַּשְׁבִּ֥יתוּ tash.Bi.tu	H7673	to repose · verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
leaven	שְּׂאֹ֖ר se.'Or	H7603	barm or yeast-cake (as swelling by fermentation) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
houses	מִבָּתֵּיכֶ֑ם mi.ba.tei.Khem	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
eateth	אֹכֵ֣ל 'o.Khel	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
bread	חָמֵ֗ץ cha.Metz	H2557	ferment · adjective, masculine singular absolute
first	הָרִאשֹׁ֖ן ha.ri.Shon	H7223	first · definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular absolute
day	מִיּ֥וֹם mi.Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
seventh	הַשְּׁבִעִֽי ha.she.vi.'I	H7637	seventh · definite article + ordinal number, masculine singular absolute
day	י֥וֹם Yom	H3117	a day (as the warm hours) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
soul	הַנֶּ֤פֶשׁ ha.Ne.fesh	H5315	properly · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
cut	וְנִכְרְתָ֞ה ve.nikh.re.Tah	H3772	to cut (off · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential perfect, 3rd person feminine singular
Israel	מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֔ל mi.Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · preposition + proper noun, a place name

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Cross-references

Genesis 17:14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken m…
Deuteronomy 16:3 Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou cames…
Exodus 23:15 Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of th…
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 Abi…
Numbers 9:13 But the man that is clean, and is not in a journey, and forbeareth to keep the passover, even the same soul shall be cut off from among his…
Numbers 28:17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
Deuteronomy 16:8 Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD thy God: thou shalt do no work there…
Exodus 12:8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 12:1-20

Moses and Aaron here receive of the Lord what they were afterwards to deliver to the people concerning the ordinance of the passover, to which is prefixed an order for a new style to be observed in their months (Exo 12:1, Exo 12:2): This shall be to you the beginning of months. They had hitherto begun their year from the middle of September, but henceforward they were to begin it from the middle of March, at least in all their ecclesiastical computations. Note, It is good to begin the day, and begin the year, and especially to begin our lives, with God. This new calculation began the year with the spring, which reneweth the face of the earth, and was used as a figure of the coming of Christ,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 12:15

UNLEAVENED BREAD. (Exo. 12:15-51) Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread, &c.--This was to commemorate another circumstance in the departure of the Israelites, who were urged to leave so hurriedly that their dough was unleavened (Exo 12:39), and they had to eat unleavened cakes (Deu 16:3). The greatest care was always taken by the Jews to free their houses from leaven--the owner searching every corner of his dwelling with a lighted candle. A figurative allusion to this is made (Co1 5:7). The exclusion of leaven for seven days would not be attended with inconvenience in the East, where the usual leaven is dough kept till it becomes sour, and it is kept from one day to another for the purpo…

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Adam Clarke on Exodus 12:15

Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread - This has been considered as a distinct ordinance, and not essentially connected with the passover. The passover was to be observed on the fourteenth day of the first month; the feast of unleavened bread began on the fifteenth and lasted seven days, the first and last of which were holy convocations. That soul shall be cut off - There are thirty-six places in which this excision or cutting off is threatened against the Jews for neglect of some particular duty; and what is implied in the thing itself is not well known. Some think it means a violent death, some a premature death, and some an eternal death. It is very likely that it means no more than a…

Dictionary and topics

Blood — (1.) As food, prohibited in Gen. 9:4, where the use of animal food is first allowed. Comp. Deut. 12:23; Lev. 3:17; 7:26; 17:10-14. The injunction to abstain from blood is renewed in the decree of the…
Bread — Among the Jews was generally made of wheat (Ex. 29:2; Judg. 6:19), though also sometimes of other grains (Gen. 14:18; Judg. 7:13). Parched grain was sometimes used for food without any other…
Law of Moses — Is the whole body of the Mosaic legislation (1 Kings 2:3; 2 Kings 23:25; Ezra 3:2). It is called by way of eminence simply “the Law” (Heb. Torah, Deut. 1:5; 4:8, 44; 17:18, 19; 27:3, 8). As a written…
Leaven — (1.) Heb. seor (Ex. 12:15, 19; 13:7; Lev. 2:11), the remnant of dough from the preceding baking which had fermented and become acid. (2.) Heb. hamets, properly “ferment.” In Num. 6:3, “vinegar of…
Passover — The name given to the chief of the three great historical annual festivals of the Jews. It was kept in remembrance of the Lord’s passing over the houses of the Israelites (Ex. 12:13) when the first…
Pentecost — I.e., “fiftieth”, found only in the New Testament (Acts 2:1; 20:16; 1 Cor. 16:8). The festival so named is first spoken of in Ex. 23:16 as “the feast of harvest,” and again in Ex. 34:22 as “the day…
Sacrifice — The offering up of sacrifices is to be regarded as a divine institution. It did not originate with man. God himself appointed it as the mode in which acceptable worship was to be offered to him by…
Seven — This number occurs frequently in Scripture, and in such connections as lead to the supposition that it has some typical meaning. On the seventh day God rested, and hallowed it (Gen. 2:2, 3). The…
Blood · .Sprinkled on door posts — .Sprinkled on door posts
Egypt · History of Israel in: The passover instituted — History of Israel in: The passover instituted

Exodus 12:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 12:1-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 12:15

Adam Clarke on Exodus 12:15

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 12:15

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 12:1-20

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 12:15

Adam Clarke on Exodus 12:15

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Exodus 12:15

John Calvin on Exodus 12:15-20

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 12:1-28

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 12:15

Rashi on Exodus 12:15