Exodus 12:17

Translations

Modern

So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come.

Traditional

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.

Literal

And you shall keep the Unleavened, for on this same day I brought out your armies from the land of Egypt. And you shall keep this day throughout your generations—an everlasting statute.

Latin

Et observabitis azyma: in eadem enim ipsa die educam exercitum vestrum de terra Ægypti, et custodietis diem istum in generationes vestras ritu perpetuo.

Original

Hebrew

English

So you are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread, for on this very day I brought your divisions out of the land of Egypt. You must keep this day as a permanent statute for the generations to come.

Notes

Exodus 12:1–30

The Lord gave Moses instructions for the Passover meal and the Feast of Unleavened Bread (12:14–20). Moses and the people then celebrated the first Passover (12:21–30).

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Moses Pharaoh Celebration God’s Love for Israel The Cross and Passover The Passover The Plagues The Spirit of the Law

Events

Exodus from Egypt

Related verses

Exodus 7:5
And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.”
Exodus 13:3
So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.
Exodus 12:41
At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the LORD’s divisions went out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 13:8
And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
Numbers 20:16
…and when we cried out to the LORD, He heard our voice, sent an angel, and brought us out of Egypt. Now look, we are in Kadesh, a city on the edge of your territory.

Parallels

Leviticus 23:4–8 Numbers 28:16–25 Deuteronomy 16:1–8

Places

Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus

Glossary

Aaron Book of Exodus Chronology of the Bible (New Testament) Deuteronomy, Book of Family Life and Relations Feast of Unleavened Bread Feasts and Festivals of Israel History of Israel Kings, Books of First and Second Lintel (Top of a Doorframe) Meaning of Meals in the Bible Mezuzah Plague Unleavened Bread Wilderness Wanderings Worship

Topics

Blood: Sacrificial: Sprinkled on Door Posts Egypt: Israel in The Passover Instituted God: Preserver Israel: Instituted the Passover Leaven: Forbidden: During the Feast of the Passover Month: Abib (April): Passover Instituted and Celebrated In Passover: Institution of Passover: Observed with Unleavened Bread (No Yeast) Plague: Death of the Firstborn Symbols and Similitudes: Passover, of the Sparing of the Firstborn, and of the Atonement Made by Christ Thankfulness: Enjoined The Feast of the Passover: To Commemorate The: Deliverance of Israel from Bondage of Egypt

Exodus 12:17

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