In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
In the first month, on the evening of the fourteenth day, you shall eat bread made without yeast, and continue eating it until the evening of the twenty-first day of that month.
God is giving specific instructions about when the Israelites should eat unleavened bread during their Passover celebration - for seven days straight.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of God's instructions to Moses about the Passover celebration, which commemorated Israel's deliverance from slavery in Egypt. The unleavened bread (bread without yeast) reminded them of their hasty departure from Egypt when they didn't have time to let their bread rise. This became an annual seven-day festival called the Feast of Unleavened Bread.
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