Exodus 12:15

“Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread, etc.] From the evening of the fourteenth day to the evening of the twenty first; and this was a distinct festival from what was properly called the feast of the passover, and does not respect the first passover in Egypt; for though the passover lamb was eaten with unleavened bread, and the Israelites ate no other, not only for seven days, but for thirty days following; yet this was not only by the divine command, but through necessity, they having no other bread to eat; but in later times they were commanded to keep a feast for seven days, in which they were not to eat leavened bread, in commemoration of their hasty departure out of Egypt, not having…”

“UNLEAVENED BREAD. (Exo. 12:15-51) Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread, &c.--This was to commemorate another circumstance in the departure of the Israelites, who were urged to leave so hurriedly that their dough was unleavened (Exo 12:39), and they had to eat unleavened cakes (Deu 16:3). The greatest care was always taken by the Jews to free their houses from leaven--the owner searching every corner of his dwelling with a lighted candle. A figurative allusion to this is made (Co1 5:7). The exclusion of leaven for seven days would not be attended with inconvenience in the East, where the usual leaven is dough kept till it becomes sour, and it is kept from one day to another for the…”

“Cut off - The penalty inflicted on those who transgressed the command may be accounted for on the ground that it was an act of rebellion; but additional light is thrown upon it by the typical meaning assigned to leaven by our Lord, Matthew 16:6. return to 'Top of Page'”

“12:15 without yeast: Israel needed unleavened bread for traveling (see 12:34, 39), which the festival commemorated. Later, yeast was seen as an image of sin, probably because it is an agent of fermentation (“Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees,” Matt 16:6). • cut off from the community: This means either death or expulsion from the community.”

“Seven: Exo 12:8, Exo 13:6, Exo 13:7-10, Exo 23:15, Exo 34:18, Exo 34:25; Lev 23:5-8; Num 28:17; Deu 16:3, Deu 16:5, Deu 16:8; Mat 16:12; Luk 12:1; Act 12:3 that soul: Exo 12:19, Exo 12:20, Exo 31:14; Gen 17:14; Lev 17:10, Lev 17:14; Num 9:13; Mal 2:12; Gal 5:12 Exodus 12:16”