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Deuteronomy 16:4

Deuteronomy 16:4
And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coasts seven days,.... For before the passover they were to search diligently every room in the house, and every hole and crevice, that…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Deuteronomy 16:1-8

The cardinal point on which the whole of the prescriptions in this chapter turn, is evidently the same as has been so often insisted on in the previous chapters, namely, the concentration of the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 16:1-17

Much of the communion between God and his people Israel was kept up, and a face of religion preserved in the nation, by the three yearly feasts, the institution of which, and the laws concerning them,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Deuteronomy 16:3-4

See introd. note.

bread of affliction The affliction of Israel in Egypt, Exo 3:7; Exo 4:31, culminating in the hasteor trepidation (Driver) with which they ate their last meal there. So P, Exo 12:11;…

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