Leviticus 23 · Verse 6

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.
Leviticus 23:6, King James Version

Leviticus 23:6 in other translations

BSBOn the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread.
WEBOn the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to the LORD. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread.
ASVAnd on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto Jehovah: seven days ye shall eat unleavened bread.
YLTand on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast of unleavened things to Jehovah; seven days unleavened things ye do eat;
DARBYAnd on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast of unleavened bread to Jehovah; seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread.
BBEAnd on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread; for seven days let your food be unleavened bread.
WebsterAnd on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to the LORD, seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

What does Leviticus 23:6 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 23:4-14

The feast of the Passover was to continue seven days; not idle days, spent in sport, as many that are called Christians spend their holy-days. Offerings were made to the Lord at his altar; and the people were taught to employ their time in prayer, and praise, and godly meditation. The sheaf of first-fruits was typical of the Lord Jesus, who is risen from the dead as the First-fruits of them that slept. Our Lord…

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Leviticus 23:6 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.

וּבַחֲמִשָּׁ֨הu.va.cha.mi.Shahand [is] on [the] fif-H2568
עָשָׂ֥ר'a.SarteenH6240
יוֹם֙yOmdayH3117
לַחֹ֣דֶשׁla.Cho.deshof the monthH2320
הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
חַ֥גchag[the] festival ofH2282
הַמַּצּ֖וֹתha.ma.Tzot<the> unleavened bread<s>H4682
לַיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
שִׁבְעַ֥תshiv.'AtsevenH7651
יָמִ֖יםya.MimdaysH3117
מַצּ֥וֹתma.Tzotunleavened bread<s>H4682
תֹּאכֵֽלוּ\׃to.Khe.luyou will eatH398

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

Cross references for Leviticus 23:6

  • 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 12:15-16

    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.

  • Deuteronomy 16:8

    Six days thou shalt eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the Lord thy God: thou shalt do no work therein.

  • Numbers 28:17-18

    And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:

  • 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.

  • Acts 12:3-4

    And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ex 12:15,16; 13:6,7; 34:18; Nu 28:17,18; De 16:8; Ac 12:3,4

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Context

  • Leviticus 23:5

    In the fourteenth day of the first month at even is the Lord’s passover.

  • 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.

  • Leviticus 23:7

    In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

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Leviticus 23:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y á los quince días de este mes es la solemnidad de los ázimos á Jehová: siete días comeréis ázimos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et le quinzième jour de ce mois, est la fête des pains sans levain à l’ Éternel: sept jours, vous mangerez des pains sans levain.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und am fünfzehnten Tage dieses Monats ist das Fest der ungesäuerten Brote dem Jehova; sieben Tage sollt ihr Ungesäuertes essen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et quintadecima die mensis hujus, solemnitas azymorum Domini est. Septem diebus azyma comedetis.