And ye shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for in this selfsame day have I brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore shall ye observe this day in your generations by an ordinance for ever.
You must celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread, because on this very day I brought your armies out of Egypt. So you and your descendants must observe this day as a permanent law forever.
God is commanding the Israelites to forever celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread as a memorial of the day He delivered them from slavery in Egypt.
📚 Historical Context
This command was given to Moses and the Israelites on the night of the first Passover, just before their exodus from Egypt after 430 years of slavery. The Festival of Unleavened Bread was to last seven days and commemorate their hasty departure from Egypt, when they didn't have time to let their bread rise. This became one of the most important annual celebrations in Jewish culture, still observed today as Passover.
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