Exodus 13:8

8 narrabisque filio tuo in die illo dicens hoc est quod fecit Dominus mihi quando egressus sum de Aegypto

Exodus 13:8 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 13:8

And thou shall show thy son in that day
On the first of the days of the feast of unleavened bread, the reason of eating it; and this is to be shown not to a son or single child only, but by parents to all their children, sons and daughters, and even unasked, as Maimonides ^F2 interprets it; and so Jarchi's note is, to a son that knows not how to ask or what to ask about, (See Gill on Exodus 12:26) (See Gill on Exodus 12:27): saying, this is done because of that which the Lord did unto me, when I
came forth out of Egypt:
that is, this unleavened bread is eaten because of the quick and speedy deliverance of Israel out of Egypt, so that they had not time to leaven their dough.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Hilchot Chametz Umetzah, c. 7. sect. 2, 3.

Exodus 13:8 In-Context

6 septem diebus vesceris azymis et in die septimo erit sollemnitas Domini

7 azyma comedetis septem diebus non apparebit apud te aliquid fermentatum nec in cunctis finibus tuis

8 narrabisque filio tuo in die illo dicens hoc est quod fecit Dominus mihi quando egressus sum de Aegypto

9 et erit quasi signum in manu tua et quasi monumentum ante oculos tuos et ut lex Domini semper in ore tuo in manu enim forti eduxit te Dominus de Aegypto

10 custodies huiuscemodi cultum statuto tempore a diebus in dies