2a“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.
4aOn this day you are going out, in the month Abib.
5 And it shall be, when the Lordabrings 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.
6aSeven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day thereshallbe 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, ‘Thisisdone 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.
10aYou shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.
The Law of the Firstborn
11 “And it shall be, when the Lordabrings you into the land of the bCanaanites, as He swore to you and your fathers, and gives it to you,
This verse first ties eating unleavened bread to the events of the day, linking "no leavened bread shall be eaten" to what the LORD did so that the reason is clear. God's overwhelming emphasis in the Feast of Unleavened Bread is His deliverance, not human effort at avoiding leavening and sin. Eating unleavened bread serves as a sign of what God has done, solidifying the memory of the observance and connecting slavery with leavening and freedom with unleavened products. The unleavened bread represents Christ, the "bread of life," who was entirely unleavened and who delivered His people from spiritual bondage. Keeping the feast therefore involves eating unleavened bread daily, "the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth," not merely avoiding leavening.
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.
This verse first ties eating unleavened bread to the events of the day, linking "no leavened bread shall be eaten" to what the LORD did so that the reason is clear. God's overwhelming emphasis in the Feast of Unleavened Bread is His deliverance, not human effort at avoiding leavening and sin. Eating unleavened bread serves as a sign of what God has done, solidifying the memory of the observance and connecting slavery with leavening and freedom with unleavened products. The unleavened bread represents Christ, the "bread of life," who was entirely unleavened and who delivered His people from spiritual bondage. Keeping the feast therefore involves eating unleavened bread daily, "the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth," not merely avoiding leavening.