Verse 12 contains an aspect we tend to gloss over. It says to remember the former slavery. God’s deliverance is the primary lesson for Unleavened Bread, but God draws attention to it for this feast as well. In fact, the instructions for all three festival seasons command us to remember the slavery and God’s deliverance. For Tabernacles, God says to dwell in temporary dwellings because He made Israel do that when He brought them out of Egypt.
So, while each of God’s festivals teaches us something different, they also have some commonalities. Each festival season has an agricultural focus, which in turn points to God’s providence and natural law and dependence on Him. Each festival season also contains reminders of what God brought His people from. During all three seasons, He says to remember where we came from and what He has done in separating us from this world. He does not want that ever to get far from our minds lest we are tempted to return.
