Exodus 34:18

18 You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. ^[a] For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, ^[b] you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.

Exodus 34:18 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 34:18

The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep
Which was instituted at the time of their coming out of Egypt, and on that account, and then observed, ( Exodus 12:15 Exodus 12:18 Exodus 12:19 ) ( Exodus 13:6 Exodus 13:7 ) and afterwards repeated, and the month expressed in which they were to keep it, and the reason of it, as it here follows, (See Gill on Exodus 13:15).

Exodus 34:18 In-Context

16 And when you take some of their daughters as brides for your sons, their daughters will prostitute themselves to their gods and cause your sons to do the same.

17 You shall make no molten gods for yourselves.

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.

19 The first offspring of every womb belongs to Me, including all the firstborn males among your livestock, whether cattle or sheep.

20 You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before Me empty-handed.

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, the seven-day period after the Passover during which no leaven may be eaten; see Exodus 12:14–20.
• [b]. Abib was the first month of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurring within the months of March and April; twice in this verse.