Deuteronomy 16 · Verse 3

Deuteronomy 16:3

Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
Deuteronomy 16:3, King James Version

Deuteronomy 16:3 in other translations

BSBYou must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.
WEBYou shall eat no leavened bread with it. You shall eat unleavened bread with it seven days, even the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste) that you may remember the day when you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.
ASVThou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.
YLT‘Thou dost not eat with it any fermented thing, seven days thou dost eat with it unleavened things, bread of affliction; for in haste thou hast come out of the land of Egypt; so that thou dost remember the day of thy coming out of the land of Egypt all days of thy life;
DARBYThou shalt eat no leavened bread along with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread with it, bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste, — that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt, all the days of thy life.
BBETake no leavened bread with it; for seven days let your food be unleavened bread, that is, the bread of sorrow; for you came out of the land of Egypt quickly: so the memory of that day, when you came out of the land of Egypt, will be with you all your life.
WebsterThou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread with it, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth from the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth from the land of Egypt, all the days of thy life.

What does Deuteronomy 16:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread--a sour, unpleasant, unwholesome kind of bread, designed to be a memorial of their Egyptian misery and of the haste with which they departed, not allowing time for their morning dough to ferment.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Bread of affliction - Because, being baked without leaven, it was unsavoury, and put them in mind of their afflictive bondage in Egypt.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 16:1-17

The laws for the three yearly feasts are here repeated; that of the Passover, that of the Pentecost, that of Tabernacles; and the general law concerning the people's attendance. Never should a believer forget his low estate of guilt and misery, his deliverance, and the price it cost the Redeemer; that gratitude and joy in the Lord may be mingled with sorrow for sin, and patience under the tribulations in his way to…

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Deuteronomy 16:3 in the original Hebrew

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לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
תֹאכַ֤לto.Khalyou will eatH398
עָלָיו֙'a.Lavwith itH5921
חָמֵ֔ץcha.MetzleavenH2557
שִׁבְעַ֥תshiv.'AtsevenH7651
יָמִ֛יםya.MimdaysH3117
תֹּֽאכַל\־to.khal-you will eatH398
עָלָ֥יו'a.Lavwith itH5921
מַצּ֖וֹתma.Tzotunleavened bread<s>H4682
לֶ֣חֶםLe.chembread ofH3899
עֹ֑נִי'O.niafflictionH6040
כִּ֣יkiforH3588
בְחִפָּז֗וֹןve.chi.pa.Zonin hasteH2649
יָצָ֙אתָ֙ya.Tza.tayou came outH3318
מֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776
מִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
לְמַ֣עַןle.Ma.'anso thatH4616
תִּזְכֹּר֔tiz.Koryou may rememberH2142
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
י֤וֹםYom[the] day ofH3117
צֵֽאתְךָ֙tze.te.Khacoming out youH3318
מֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzfrom [the] land ofH776
מִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714
כֹּ֖לkolallH3605
יְמֵ֥יye.Mei[the] days ofH3117
חַיֶּֽיךָ\׃chai.Yei.khalife yourH2416

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 16:3

  • Exodus 12:39

    And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual.

  • Exodus 12:19-20

    Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land. Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.

  • Exodus 34:18

    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.

  • Luke 22:19

    And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me.

  • Exodus 12:14-15

    And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the Lord throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever. Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

  • Numbers 9:11

    The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

  • Exodus 13:3-9

    And 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 the Lord brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. This day came ye out in the month Abib. And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, 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. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. …

  • Exodus 12:8

    And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

  • Psalms 102:9

    For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,

  • 1 Corinthians 5:8

    Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

  • Exodus 12:11

    And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the Lord’s passover.

  • Psalms 111:4

    He hath made his wonderful works to be remembered: the Lord is gracious and full of compassion.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
eat no.
Ex 12:15,19,20,39; 13:3-7; 34:18; Le 23:6; Nu 9:11; 28:17; 1Co 5:8
the bread.
1Ki 22:27; Ps 102:9; 127:2; Zec 12:10; 2Co 7:10,11; 1Th 1:6
for thou camest.
Ex 12:32,33,39
mayest.
Ex 12:14,26,27; 13:7-9; Ps 111:4; Lu 22:19; 1Co 11:24-26

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 16:2

    Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord shall choose to place his name there.

  • Deuteronomy 16:3

    Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.

  • Deuteronomy 16:4

    And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.

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Deuteronomy 16:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
No comerás con ella leudo; siete días comerás con ella pan por leudar, pan de aflicción, porque apriesa saliste de tierra de Egipto: para que te acuerdes del día en que saliste de la tierra de Egipto todos los días de tu vida.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tu ne mangeras pas avec elle de pain levé; pendant sept jours tu mangeras avec elle des pains sans levain, pains d’affliction, parce que tu es sorti en hâte du pays d’Égypte, afin que, tous les jours de ta vie, tu te souviennes du jour de ta sortie du pays d’Égypte.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Du sollst kein Gesäuertes dazu essen; sieben Tage sollst du Ungesäuertes dazu essen, Brot des Elendes, -denn in Eile bist du aus dem Lande Ägypten herausgezogen-auf daß du gedenkest des Tages deines Auszugs aus dem Lande Ägypten alle Tage deines Lebens.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Non comedes in eo panem fermentatum: septem diebus comedes absque fermento afflictionis panem, quoniam in pavore egressus es de Ægypto: ut memineris diei egressionis tuæ de Ægypto, omnibus diebus vitæ tuæ.