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The Firstborn Consecrated

1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 a“Consecrate1 to Me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and beast; it is Mine.”  

The Feast of Unleavened Bread

3 And Moses said to the people: a“Remember this day in which you went out of Egypt, out of the house of1 bondage; for bby strength of hand the Lord brought you out of this place. cNo leavened bread shall be eaten.  
4 aOn this day you are going out, in the month Abib.  
5 And it shall be, when the Lord abrings you into the bland of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, which He cswore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, dthat you shall keep this service in this month.  
6 aSeven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the Lord.  
7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days. And ano leavened bread shall be seen among you, nor shall leaven be seen among you in all your quarters.  
8 And you shall atell your son in that day, saying, ‘This is done because of what the Lord did for me when I came up from Egypt.’  
9 It shall be as aa sign to you on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt.  
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What Does Exodus 13:3 Mean?

Moses, inspired, commands eating unleavened bread because of what the Lord did—His deliverance from Egypt. The prohibition on leavened bread ties directly to this deliverance so people understand why they observe it. Though Unleavened Bread is commonly held to be about putting sin out, God overwhelmingly emphasizes His deliverance, not human effort. Eating unleavened bread solidifies the memory of what is being observed. This feast is a memorial, causing God's people to remember God's merciful deliverance from slavery, which undergirds everything else. Without the correct focus, feasts lose their God-given power, becoming mere good times with a religious gloss, as happened in Israel and Judah. The unleavened bread is a sign to the Israelites for what God has done.




Exodus 13:3

This is the first mention of eating unleavened bread in context with the events of the day. It is not the first time that unleavened bread is mentioned in terms of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, as that appears in Exodus 12. Here, Moses is inspired to write down that we are to eat unleavened bread because of what the Lord did.

John W. Ritenbaugh
Unleavened Bread and Pentecost

Related Topics: Eating Unleavened Bread | Feast of Unleavened Bread | Unleavened Bread | Unleavened Bread, Symbolism of



Exodus 13:3

The last phrase—"there shall no leavened bread be eaten"—is tied to what the LORD did so that we understand why we are to do so.

John W. Ritenbaugh
Sanctification and Holiness (Part 1)

Related Topics: "there shall be no unleavened bread be eaten" | Imitating Christ | Imitating God | Sanctification and Holiness




Other Forerunner Commentary entries containing Exodus 13:3:

Leviticus 16:1-2
Leviticus 23:6-8
Joshua 5:2-12
1 Corinthians 5:6-7


 
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