Numbers 28:17 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

Close to the original. Clear modern English.

✦ 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

In the Book of Numbers, God was providing Moses with detailed instructions on the religious festivals and offerings that the Israelites were to observe as they prepared to enter the Promised Land. This verse specifically refers to the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which followed the Passover and commemorated the Israelites' hasty escape from Egypt, when they had no time for their bread to rise. These commands helped the Israelites maintain their covenant relationship with God and remember His deliverance.

←

PreviousNumbers 28:16

NextNumbers 28:18

→

Explore Similar Verses

Leviticus 23:6

And on the fifteenth day of that same month is the festival of unleavened bread to honor the LORD: for seven days you must eat bread made without yeast.

Exodus 23:15

You must celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread: eat bread without yeast for seven days, just as I commanded you, during the appointed time in the month of Abib, because that's when you came out of Egypt. And no one should come before me empty-handed.

Matthew 27:15

Every year during the festival, the governor had this tradition where he'd let the crowd pick one prisoner to go free.

Ask the AI Assistant

Have a question about this chapter or verse? Ask below for a clear explanation.

Share or Save

📚 Historical Context

Explore Similar Verses

Ask the AI Assistant

Translation & Methodology Sources