The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
You must celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread. For seven days you must eat bread made without yeast, just as I commanded you, during the month of Abib. It was in the month of Abib that you came out of Egypt.
God is commanding the Israelites to celebrate a seven-day festival each year to remember their escape from Egypt, eating bread without yeast just like their ancestors did when they fled.
📚 Historical Context
This command was given to Moses on Mount Sinai as part of renewing the covenant after the golden calf incident. The Festival of Unleavened Bread commemorated the hurried exodus from Egypt when the Israelites didn't have time to let their bread rise before fleeing. Abib was the first month of the Hebrew religious calendar, corresponding to March-April, and later became known as Nisan.
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