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Numbers 28:17

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

Translated by Verse Made Simple Editorial
KJV ORIGINAL
And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

On the fifteenth day of this month, there will be a festival: for seven days, bread made without yeast must be eaten.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God is establishing the Passover festival, where His people must eat bread without yeast for seven days starting on the fifteenth day of the first month.

📚 Historical Context

This verse describes the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which immediately followed Passover and commemorated Israel's hurried escape from Egypt when they didn't have time to let their bread rise. Moses is giving detailed instructions about the religious calendar and sacrificial system that would govern Israel's worship life in the Promised Land.

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