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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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Footnotes

  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”).

15 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread;(A) for seven days eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv,(B) for in that month you came out of Egypt.

“No one is to appear before me empty-handed.(C)

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