Exodus 23 · Verse 18

Exodus 23:18

Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
Exodus 23:18, King James Version

Exodus 23:18 in other translations

BSBYou must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.
WEB“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread. The fat of my feast shall not remain all night until the morning.
ASVThou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.
YLT‘Thou dost not sacrifice on a fermented thing the blood of My sacrifice, and the fat of My festival doth not remain till morning;
DARBYThou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.
BBEDo not give the blood of my offering with leavened bread; and do not let the fat of my feast be kept all night till the morning.
WebsterThou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.

What does Exodus 23:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 23:14-18

14-18. Three times ... keep a feast ... in the year--This was the institution of the great religious festivals--"The feast of unleavened bread," or the passover--"the feast of harvest," or pentecost--"the feast of ingathering," or the feast of tabernacles, which was a memorial of the dwelling in booths in the wilderness, and which was observed in the seventh month (Ex 12:2). All the males were enjoined to repair to…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 The blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread - The sacrifice here mentioned is undoubtedly the Passover; (see Exo 34:25); this is called by way of eminence My sacrifice, because God had instituted it for that especial purpose, the redemption of Israel from the Egyptian bondage, and because it typified The Lamb Of God, who taketh away the sin of the world. We have already seen how strict the prohibition against leaven was during this festival, and what was signified by it. See on Exodus 12 (note).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 23:10-19

Every seventh year the land was to rest. They must not plough or sow it; what the earth produced of itself, should be eaten, and not laid up. This law seems to have been intended to teach dependence on Providence, and God's faithfulness in sending the larger increase while they kept his appointments. It was also typical of the heavenly rest, when all earthly labours, cares, and interests shall cease for ever. All…

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Exodus 23:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

לֹֽא\־lo'-notH3808
תִזְבַּ֥חtiz.Bachyou must sacrificeH2076
עַל\־'al-withH5921
חָמֵ֖ץcha.MetzleavenH2557
דַּם\־dam-[the] blood ofH1818
זִבְחִ֑יziv.Chisacrifice myH2077
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יָלִ֥יןya.Linit will remain overnightH3885
חֵֽלֶב\־che.lev-[the] fat ofH2459
חַגִּ֖יcha.Gifestival sacrifice myH2282
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
בֹּֽקֶר\׃Bo.kermorningH1242

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 23:18

  • Exodus 34:25

    Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.

  • 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.

  • Exodus 12:10

    And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.

  • Leviticus 2:11

    No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lord, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord made by fire.

  • Leviticus 7:15

    And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.

  • 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.

  • Exodus 12:15

    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.

  • Leviticus 7:12

    If he offer it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mingled with oil, of fine flour, fried.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
blood.
12:8,15; 34:25; Le 2:11; 7:12; De 16:4
sacrifice. or, feast. remain.
12:10; Le 7:15

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Context

  • Exodus 23:17

    Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God.

  • Exodus 23:18

    Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.

  • Exodus 23:19

    The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother’s milk.

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Exodus 23:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		No ofrecerás con pan leudo la sangre de mi sacrificio; ni el sebo de mi víctima quedará de la noche hasta la mañana.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tu n’offriras point le sang de mon sacrifice avec du pain levé; et la graisse de ma fête ne passera pas la nuit jusqu’au matin.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Du sollst nicht das Blut meines Schlachtopfers zu Gesäuertem opfern; und nicht soll das Fett meines Festes über Nacht bleiben bis an den Morgen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Non immolabis super fermento sanguinem victimæ meæ, nec remanebit adeps solemnitatis meæ usque mane.