Exodus 34 · Verse 18

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.
Exodus 34:18, King James Version

Exodus 34:18 in other translations

BSBYou are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days at the appointed time in the month of Abib, you are to eat unleavened bread as I commanded you. For in the month of Abib you came out of Egypt.
WEB“You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month Abib; for in the month Abib you came out of Egypt.
ASVThe feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, at the time appointed in the month Abib; for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
YLT‘The feast of unleavened things thou dost keep; seven days thou dost eat unleavened things, as I have commanded thee, at an appointed time, the month of Abib: for in the month of Abib thou didst come out from Egypt.
DARBY— The feast of the unleavened bread shalt thou keep: seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, as I have commanded thee, at the appointed time of the month Abib; for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
BBEKeep the feast of unleavened bread; for seven days your food is to be bread without leaven, as I gave you orders, at the regular time in the month Abib; for in that month you came out of Egypt.
WebsterThe feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out of from Egypt.

What does Exodus 34:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 34:8-26

8-26. Moses bowed ... and worshipped--In the East, people bow the head to royalty, and are silent when it passes by, while in the West, they take off their hats and shout.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 34:18-27
Once a week they must rest, even in ploughing time, and in harvest. All worldly business must give way to that holy rest; even harvest work will prosper the better, for the religious observance of the sabbath day in harvest time. We must show that we prefer our communion with God, and our duty to him, before the business or the joy of harvest. Thrice a year they must appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel. Canaan was a desirable land, and the neighbouring nations were greedy; yet God says, They shall not desire it. Let us check all sinful desires against God and his glory, in our hearts, and then trust him to check all sinful desires in the hearts of others against us. The way of duty is the way of safety. Those who venture for him never lose by him. Three feasts are here mentioned: 1. The Passover, in remembrance of the deliverance out of Egypt. 2. The feast of weeks, or the feast of Pentecost; added to it is the law of the first-fruits. 3. The feast of in-gathering, or the feast of Tabernacles. Moses is to write these words, that the people might know them better. We can never be enough thankful to God for the written word. God would make a covenant with Israel, in Moses as a mediator. Thus the covenant of grace is made with believers through Christ.

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Exodus 34:18 in the original Hebrew

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אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
חַ֣גchag[the] festival ofH2282
הַמַּצּוֹת֮ha.ma.tzOtthe unleavened bread<s>H4682
תִּשְׁמֹר֒tish.Moryou will keepH8104
שִׁבְעַ֨תshiv.'AtsevenH7651
יָמִ֜יםya.MimdaysH3117
תֹּאכַ֤לto.Khalyou will eatH398
מַצּוֹת֙ma.tzOtunleavened bread<s>H4682
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
צִוִּיתִ֔ךָtzi.vi.Ti.khaI commanded youH6680
לְמוֹעֵ֖דle.mo.'Edto [the] appointed time ofH4150
חֹ֣דֶשׁCho.desh[the] month ofH2320
הָאָבִ֑יבha.'a.Viv<the> AbibH24
כִּ֚יkiforH3588
בְּחֹ֣דֶשׁbe.Cho.deshin [the] month ofH2320
הָֽאָבִ֔יבha.'a.Viv<the> AbibH24
יָצָ֖אתָya.Tza.tayou came outH3318
מִמִּצְרָֽיִם\׃mi.mitz.Ra.yimfrom EgyptH4714

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Cross references for Exodus 34:18

  • Leviticus 23:6

    And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

  • Exodus 13:4

    This day came ye out in the month Abib.

  • Exodus 13:6-7

    Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.

  • Deuteronomy 16:1-4

    Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God: for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. 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. 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. 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 12:2

    This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.

  • Exodus 12:15-20

    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. And in the first day there shall be an holy convocation, and in the seventh day there shall be an holy convocation to you; no manner of work shall be done in them, save that which every man must eat, that only may be done of you. 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. In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even. …

  • Exodus 23:15

    Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)

  • Luke 22:1

    Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover.

  • Acts 12:3

    And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.)

  • Mark 14:1

    After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death.

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12:15-20; 13:4,6,7; 23:15; Le 23:6; De 16:1-4; Mr 14:1; Lu 22:1
Ac 12:3

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Context

  • Exodus 34:17

    Thou shalt make thee no molten gods.

  • 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.

  • Exodus 34:19

    All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male.

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Exodus 34:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		La fiesta de los ázimos guardarás: siete días comerás por leudar, según te he mandado, en el tiempo del mes de Abib; porque en el mes de Abib saliste de Egipto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		– Tu garderas la fête des pains sans levain: pendant sept jours tu mangeras des pains sans levain, comme je te l’ai commandé, au temps fixé du mois d’Abib; car c’est au mois d’Abib que tu es sorti d’Égypte.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Das Fest der ungesäuerten Brote sollst du beobachten; sieben Tage sollst du Ungesäuertes essen, wie ich dir geboten habe, zur bestimmten Zeit des Monats Abib; denn im Monat Abib bist du aus Ägypten ausgezogen. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Solemnitatem azymorum custodies. Septem diebus vesceris azymis, sicut præcepi tibi, in tempore mensis novorum: mense enim verni temporis egressus es de Ægypto.