Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
The ordinance belongs to the night of the last and most severe plague upon Egypt, a night terrible to the Egyptians and glorious to the people of God. Its nature and effect were made known beforehand through Moses to Pharaoh, to the Egyptians, and to the Israelites in connection with its institution. The king and his idolatrous priests opposed to the last letting Israel go even though the people desired their departure. Rather than submit to God he chose the plagues of locusts and of oppressive darkness that took away light and made breathing difficult, while the Hebrews had light and pure air in their dwellings.
The command was given through Moses before the midnight execution of judgment on the firstborn in Egypt, as direction for Israel's departure and preservation from the coming judgment. The unleavened bread belongs among the foods of the Passover meal, to be eaten at night with roasted lamb and bitter herbs. It was to be eaten in haste with loins girded, shoes on feet, and staff in hand, because it was the Lord's passover. The lamb's blood on the two side-posts and upper door-post marked the house for the destroying angel to pass over.
The Passover is a memorial of God's deliverance of Israel from Egypt despite Pharaoh's opposition. It was meant to turn the people from worldly cares to remember God's works and trust Him. That deliverance enabled the people to keep God's law later proclaimed at Sinai. The slain lamb symbolized Christ's death, and its blood symbolized the blood that cleanses believing sinners and shelters them from judgment. Receiving this provision calls for a response of faith shown in action.
The command requires eating unleavened bread in all habitations during the Passover feast, with no leaven in their homes. It signifies that the leaven of sin must be put away by those who receive life and nourishment from Christ.
The ordinance belongs to the night of the last and most severe plague upon Egypt, a night terrible to the Egyptians and glorious to the people of God. Its nature and effect were made known beforehand through Moses to Pharaoh, to the Egyptians, and to the Israelites in connection with its institution. The king and his idolatrous priests opposed to the last letting Israel go even though the people desired their departure. Rather than submit to God he chose the plagues of locusts and of oppressive darkness that took away light and made breathing difficult, while the Hebrews had light and pure air in their dwellings.
The command was given through Moses before the midnight execution of judgment on the firstborn in Egypt, as direction for Israel's departure and preservation from the coming judgment. The unleavened bread belongs among the foods of the Passover meal, to be eaten at night with roasted lamb and bitter herbs. It was to be eaten in haste with loins girded, shoes on feet, and staff in hand, because it was the Lord's passover. The lamb's blood on the two side-posts and upper door-post marked the house for the destroying angel to pass over.
The Passover is a memorial of God's deliverance of Israel from Egypt despite Pharaoh's opposition. It was meant to turn the people from worldly cares to remember God's works and trust Him. That deliverance enabled the people to keep God's law later proclaimed at Sinai. The slain lamb symbolized Christ's death, and its blood symbolized the blood that cleanses believing sinners and shelters them from judgment. Receiving this provision calls for a response of faith shown in action.
The command requires eating unleavened bread in all habitations during the Passover feast, with no leaven in their homes. It signifies that the leaven of sin must be put away by those who receive life and nourishment from Christ.