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Exodus 13:6

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Exodus 13:6 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Jehovah.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Jehovah.
Exodus 13:6 — American Standard Version

Context — Exodus 13

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
3And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Jehovah brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
4This day ye go forth in the month Abib.
5And it shall be, when Jehovah shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
6Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Jehovah.
7Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee, in all thy borders.
8And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying, It is because of that which Jehovah did for me when I came forth out of Egypt.
9And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of Jehovah may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, etc.] The Jews f388 gather from this place, and from (<051608>Deuteronomy 16:8), that the obligation to eat unleavened bread lasted no longer than the first night of the seven days, but on the rest it was enough if they abstained from leavened bread, and it was lawful for them to eat of other food as they pleased, ((see Gill on “<021215>Exodus 12:15”)), but the words are very express in both places, and so in the following verse, for eating unleavened bread, as well as abstaining from leavened; and, indeed, otherwise it would not be so clear and plain a commemoration of their case and circumstances, in which they were when they came out of Egypt;…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Exo 12:15-20, Exo 34:18; Lev 23:8 Exodus 13:7”
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