Numbers 28:17

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

Numbers 28:17 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
English Standard Version (ESV)
17 and on the fifteenth day of this month is a feast. Seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
New Living Translation (NLT)
17 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.
The Message Bible (MSG)
17 On the fifteenth day of this month hold a festival.
American Standard Version (ASV)
17 And on the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
17 The fifteenth of this same month is a pilgrimage festival. For seven days you must eat only unleavened bread.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
17 On the fifteenth day of this month there will be a festival; unleavened bread is to be eaten for seven days.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
17 On the 15th day of the month there must be a feast. For seven days eat bread that is made without yeast.

Numbers 28:17 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 28:17

And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast
Not of the passover, that was the day before, but of unleavened bread, which began on this day, and lasted seven days, ( Leviticus 23:6 ) which is what the Jews call the Chagigah:

seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten;
see ( Exodus 12:15 Exodus 12:18 ) .

Numbers 28:17 In-Context

15 Besides the regular burnt offering with its drink offering, one male goat is to be presented to the LORD as a sin offering.
16 “ ‘On the fourteenth day of the first month the LORD’s Passover is to be held.
17 On the fifteenth day of this month there is to be a festival; for seven days eat bread made without yeast.
18 On the first day hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work.
19 Present to the LORD a food offering consisting of a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Exodus 12:19
  • 2. S Exodus 12:15; Exodus 23:15; Exodus 34:18; Leviticus 23:6; Deuteronomy 16:3-8
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