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

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  1. Exodus 23:15 tn This is an adverbial accusative of time.
  2. Exodus 23:15 tn Heb “in it.”
  3. Exodus 23:15 tn The verb is a Niphal imperfect; the nuance of permission works well here—no one is permitted to appear before God empty (Heb “and they will not appear before me empty”).