Exodus 23:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread (you shall eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded you, at the time appointed in the month of Abib, for in it you came out of Egypt; none shall appear before me empty);

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶת־חַ֣ג הַמַּצּוֹת֮ תִּשְׁמֹר֒ שִׁבְעַ֣ת יָמִים֩ תֹּאכַ֨ל מַצּ֜וֹת כּֽ͏ַאֲשֶׁ֣ר צִוִּיתִ֗ךָ לְמוֹעֵד֙ חֹ֣דֶשׁ הָֽאָבִ֔יב כִּי־ב֖וֹ יָצָ֣אתָ מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם וְלֹא־יֵרָא֥וּ פָנַ֖י רֵיקָֽם׃

Transliteration

ʾEt-ḥag the-maṣṣôt tišmōr seven yāmîm tōʾkal maṣṣôt as-which ṣiwwîtîkā for-môʿēd ḥōdeš the-ʾābîb for-in-him yāṣāʾtā from-miṣrāyim and-not-yērāʾû pānay rêqām

Grammar Details

• *ḥag*: noun masculine singular construct - feast/festival
• *maṣṣôt*: noun feminine plural - unleavened bread
• *tišmōr*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - keep/observe
• *yāmîm*: noun masculine plural - days
• *tōʾkal*: qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - eat/consume
• *ṣiwwîtîkā*: piel perfect 1st person common singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - I commanded you
• *môʿēd*: noun masculine singular construct - appointed time
• *ḥōdeš*: noun masculine singular construct - month of
• *ʾābîb*: noun masculine singular - ear/fresh grain (name of spring month)
• *yāṣāʾtā*: qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you went out/came out
• *yērāʾû*: niphal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural - they shall appear/be seen
• *pānay*: noun masculine plural construct with 1st person common singular suffix - my face/presence
• *rêqām*: adverb - emptily/with empty hands

Word Meanings

• *ḥag ha-maṣṣôt*: feast of unleavened bread/festival of matzot
• *tišmōr*: keep/observe/guard/maintain
• *môʿēd*: appointed time/season/festival
• *ʾābîb*: ear/fresh grain/spring (month name, corresponding to March-April)
• *yērāʾû pānay*: appear before me/be seen before my face
• *rêqām*: emptily/with empty hands/without an offering

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  Observe the Festival of Unleavened Bread; for seven days eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, at the appointed time in the month of Aviv, for in that month you came out of Egypt. Do not appear before me empty-handed.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  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:)

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  The feast{H2282} of unleavened bread{H4682} shalt thou keep:{H8104} seven{H7651} days{H3117} thou shalt eat{H398} unleavened bread,{H4682} as I commanded{H6680} thee, at the time appointed{H4150} in the month{H2320} Abib{H24} (for in it thou camest out{H3318} from Egypt);{H4714} and none shall appear{H7200} before{H6440} me empty:{H7387}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou shalt keep{H8104}{(H8799)} the feast{H2282} of unleavened bread{H4682}:(thou shalt eat{H398}{(H8799)} unleavened bread{H4682} seven{H7651} days{H3117}, as I commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} thee, in the time appointed{H4150} of the month{H2320} Abib{H24}; for in it thou camest out{H3318}{(H8804)} from Egypt{H4714}: and none shall appear{H7200}{(H8735)} before{H6440} me empty{H7387}:)

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Thou shalt kepe the feast of swete bred that thou eate vnleuend bred.vij. dayes loge as I comaunded the in the tyme appoynted of the moneth of Abib, for in that moneth thou camest out of Egipte: ad se that noman appeare before me emptie.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  shalt thou kepe feast vnto me: namely the feast of vnleuended bred shalt thou kepe, that thou eate vnleuended bred seuen dayes ( like as I commaunded ye) in the tyme of ye moneth Abib, for in the same wentest thou out of Egipte. (But appeare not emptye before me.)

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou shalt keepe the feast of vnleauened bread: thou shalt eate vnleauened bread seue dayes, as I commaunded thee, in the season of the moneth of Abib: for in it thou camest out of Egypt: and none shall appeare before me emptie:

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou shalt kepe the feast of vnleauened bread: thou shalt eate vnleauened bread seuen daies long, as I commaunded thee, in the tyme appoynted of the moneth Abib: for in that moneth ye came out of Egypt, and see that no man appeare before me emptie.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  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:)

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You shall observe 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 it you came out from Egypt), and no one shall appear before me empty.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  the Feast of Unleavened things thou dost keep; seven days thou dost eat unleavened things, as I have commanded thee, at the time appointed `in' the month of Abib; for in it thou hast come forth out of Egypt, and ye do not appear `in' My presence empty;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  The 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 it thou camest out from Egypt); and none shall appear before me empty:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  The 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 it thou camest out from Egypt); and none shall appear before me empty:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You are to keep the feast of unleavened bread; for seven days let your bread be without leaven, as I gave you orders, at the regular time in the month Abib (for in it you came out of Egypt); and let no one come before me without an offering:

• World English Bible (2000)

  You shall observe 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 it you came out from Egypt), and no one shall appear before me empty.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You are to observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread; seven days you must eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you, at the appointed time of the month of Abib, for at that time you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before me empty-handed.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 34:20 : 20 But the firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, and if you do not redeem him, then you shall break his neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before me empty-handed.
• Deut 16:16 : 16 Three times in a year shall all your males appear before the LORD your God in the place which He shall choose; in the feast of unleavened bread, and in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of tabernacles: and they shall not appear before the LORD empty:
• Num 28:16-25 : 16 And on the fourteenth day of the first month is the Passover of the LORD. 17 And on the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. 18 On the first day shall be a holy assembly; you shall do no servile work therein: 19 But you shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering to the LORD; two young bulls, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be to you without blemish: 20 And their grain offering shall be of flour mixed with oil: three tenth deals shall you offer for a bull, and two tenth deals for a ram; 21 A separate tenth deal shall you offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs: 22 And one goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you. 23 You shall offer these besides the burnt offering in the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering. 24 In this manner you shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a pleasing aroma to the LORD: it shall be offered besides the continual burnt offering, and its drink offering. 25 And on the seventh day you shall have a holy assembly; you shall do no servile work.
• Deut 16:1-8 : 1 Observe the month of Abib, and keep the Passover to the LORD your God: for in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. 2 Therefore you shall sacrifice the Passover to the LORD your God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the LORD shall choose to place His name there. 3 You shall eat no leavened bread with it; for seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it, 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. 4 And there shall be no leavened bread seen with you in all your territory for seven days; nor shall any of the flesh, which you sacrificed the first day at evening, remain all night until the morning. 5 You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates, which the LORD your God gives you: 6 But at the place which the LORD your God shall choose to place His name in, there you shall sacrifice the Passover at evening, at the going down of the sun, at the season that you came out of Egypt. 7 And you shall roast and eat it in the place which the LORD your God shall choose: and you shall return in the morning, and go to your tents. 8 Six days you shall eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be a solemn assembly to the LORD your God: you shall do no work in it.
• Josh 5:10-11 : 10 And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the month at evening in the plains of Jericho. 11 And they ate of the old grain of the land on the day after the Passover, unleavened bread, and parched grain on the same day.
• 2 Kgs 23:21-23 : 21 And the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the Passover to the LORD your God, as it is written in the book of this covenant. 22 Surely there was not held such a Passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah. 23 But in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was kept to the LORD in Jerusalem.
• Prov 3:9-9 : 9 Honor the LORD with your substance, and with the firstfruits of all your increase: 10 So your barns will be filled with plenty, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
• Mark 14:12 : 12 On the first day of Unleavened Bread, when they killed the Passover, his disciples said to him, Where do you want us to go and prepare that you may eat the Passover?
• Luke 22:7 : 7 Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover must be sacrificed.
• 1 Cor 5:7-8 : 7 Therefore, purge out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, as you are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover, was sacrificed for us. 8 Therefore, let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, nor with the leaven of malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
• Lev 23:5-8 : 5 On the fourteenth day of the first month at evening is the LORD'S Passover. 6 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread to the LORD; seven days you must eat unleavened bread. 7 On the first day you shall have a holy gathering: you shall do no servile work in it. 8 But you shall offer an offering made by fire to the LORD seven days; on the seventh day is a holy gathering; you shall do no servile work in it.
• Lev 23:10 : 10 Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land which I give you and shall reap its harvest, then you shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest to the priest.
• Num 9:2-9 : 2 Let the children of Israel also keep the Passover at its appointed time. 3 On the fourteenth day of this month, in the evening, you shall keep it at its appointed time: according to all its rites and according to all its ceremonies, you shall keep it. 4 And Moses spoke to the children of Israel, that they should keep the Passover. 5 And they kept the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month at evening in the wilderness of Sinai: according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did the children of Israel. 6 And there were certain men who were defiled by the dead body of a man, so they could not keep the Passover that day: and they came before Moses and Aaron on that day; 7 And those men said to him, We are defiled by the dead body of a man: why are we kept back, that we may not offer the offering of the LORD at its appointed time among the children of Israel? 8 And Moses said to them, Stand still, and I will hear what the LORD will command concerning you. 9 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 10 Speak to the children of Israel, saying, If any man of you or of your descendants is unclean because of a dead body, or is on a journey far away, yet he shall keep the Passover to the LORD. 11 On the fourteenth day of the second month at evening they shall keep it, and eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 12 They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the Passover they shall keep it. 13 But the man who is clean and not on a journey and refrains from keeping the Passover, that same soul shall be cut off from among his people: because he did not bring the offering of the LORD at its appointed time, that man shall bear his sin. 14 And if a stranger dwells among you, and desires to keep the Passover to the LORD; according to the ordinance of the Passover and according to its manner, so shall he do: you shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger and for him who was born in the land.
• Exod 12:14-28 : 14 And this day shall be to you a memorial; and you shall keep it as a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; you shall keep it as a feast by an ordinance forever. 15 Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread; indeed, on the first day you shall remove leaven from your houses: for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel. 16 And on the first day there shall be a holy assembly, and on the seventh day there shall be a holy assembly for you; no manner of work shall be done on them, except that which every man must eat, that only may be done by you. 17 And you shall observe the feast of unleavened bread; for on this very day I have brought your armies out of the land of Egypt: therefore, you shall observe this day in your generations by an ordinance forever. 18 In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread, until the twenty-first day of the month at evening. 19 Seven days shall no leaven be found in your houses: for whoever eats what is leavened, that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a stranger or native in the land. 20 You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread. 21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, 'Select and take lambs for your families, and kill the Passover lamb. 22 And you shall take a bunch of hyssop, dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. 23 For the LORD will pass through to strike the Egyptians; and when he sees the blood on the lintel and on the two side posts, the LORD will pass over the door and will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to strike you. 24 And you shall observe this thing as an ordinance for you and your sons forever. 25 And it shall come to pass, when you come to the land which the LORD will give you, just as He has promised, that you shall keep this service. 26 And it shall come to pass, when your children ask you, 'What do you mean by this service?' 27 That you shall say, 'It is the sacrifice of the LORD's Passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt when He struck the Egyptians and delivered our houses.' And the people bowed their heads and worshipped. 28 And the children of Israel went away and did so; just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did.
• Exod 12:43-49 : 43 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, 'This is the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat of it; 44 But every man's servant who is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then he may eat it. 45 A foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat of it. 46 In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house, nor shall you break one of its bones. 47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 48 And when a stranger dwells with you, and wants to keep the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is native to the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat of it. 49 One law shall be for the native-born and for the stranger who dwells among you.
• Exod 13:4 : 4 This day you came out in the month Abib.
• Exod 13:6-7 : 6 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and no leavened bread shall be seen with you, nor shall there be leaven seen with you in all your quarters.
• Exod 34:18 : 18 You shall keep the feast of unleavened bread. Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I commanded you, in the time of the month Abib, for in the month Abib you came out from Egypt.