“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread. The fat of my feast shall not remain all night until the morning.
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“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread. The fat of my feast shall not remain all night until the morning.
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Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
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Thou shalt not offer the blood of My sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of My feast remain all night until the morning.
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Passages linked to Exodus 23:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 34:25 “You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread. The sacrifice of the feast of the Passover shall not be left to the morning.
- Leviticus 2:11 “ ‘No meal offering which you shall offer to Yahweh shall be made with yeast; for you shall burn no yeast, nor any honey, as an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
- Exodus 12:10 You shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; but that which remains of it until the morning you shall burn with fire.
- Deuteronomy 16:4 No yeast shall be seen with you in all your borders seven days; neither shall any of the meat, which you sacrifice the first day at evening, remain all night until the morning.
- Exodus 12:8 They shall eat the meat in that night, roasted with fire, and unleavened bread. They shall eat it with bitter herbs.
- Leviticus 7:15 The flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering. He shall not leave any of it until the morning.
- Exodus 12:15 “ ‘Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread; even the first day you shall put away yeast out of your houses, for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.
- Leviticus 7:12 If he offers it for a thanksgiving, then he shall offer with the sacrifice of thanksgiving unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and cakes mixed with oil.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain No leavened bread shall be there in thine house.
No leavened bread shall be there in thine house.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 23:18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of…
Exo 23:18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
Ver. 18. Of my sacrifice.] Especially of the passover. See Exo 34:25 Lev 2:1-3.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain These clauses most understand of the passover, by comparing…
These clauses most understand of the passover, by comparing this place with its parallel, Exo 34:25, where the passover is mentioned. But the words being here universal, by the laws of interpretation they ought to be universally understood, if they can bear that sense; which here they may, for both these clauses agree to other sacrifices. For as every sacrifice had a minchah, or a meat-offering of flour, attending upon it, and offered with it; so it was expressly cautioned, that no leaven should be in that minchah, Lev 2:11. And the fat of every sacrifice was consecrated to God, Lev 3:16; 2Ch 35:14, &c., and was presently to be burnt upon the altar, Lev 7:2,3. And for Exo 34:25, what hinders but what is here more generally prescribed, may be there particularly applied to the passover? and that seems more reasonable, than to make him an idle repetition of the same tiring. And
my sacrifice may be here put for my sacrifices, by the common enallage. Moreover, the two principal things which were offered to God in every sacrifice were blood and fat, Lev 17:6,11, &c.
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Neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning: this, if understood of the passover, may seem superfluous, because nothing of it, neither fat nor lean, was to remain until the morning, Exo 12:10, but all of it was to be eaten, even the purtenance thereof, Exo 23:9, and that, for aught I see, without any exception of the fat, as there was in other sacrifices, Le 16. And therefore in that parallel place, Exo 34:25, where the passover is mentioned, there is not a word of the fat, but only it is said in the general, neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left until the morning. And in that 2Ch 35:14, where there is mention of the fat, it is manifestly restrained to the burnt-offerings, which are there distinguished from the passover, Exo 23:11,12.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Behold, I send an angel before thee,.... Not a…
Behold, I send an angel before thee,.... Not a created angel, but the uncreated one, the Angel of God's presence, that was with the Israelites at Sinai, and in the wilderness; who saved, redeemed, bore, and carried them all the days of old, whom they rebelled against and tempted in the wilderness; as appears by all the characters after given of him, which by no means agree with a created angel: Aben Ezra observes, that some say this is the book of the law, because it is said, "my name is in him", or "in the midst of it"; others say, the ark of the covenant; but he says this angel is Michael; and if indeed by Michael is intended the uncreated angel, as he always is in Scripture, he is right: Jarchi remarks, that their Rabbins say, this is Metatron, whose name is as the name of his master; Metatron, by gematry, is Shaddai, which signifies almighty or all-sufficient, and is an epithet of the divine Being; and Metatron seems to be a corruption of the word "mediator": some of the ancient Jewish writers say (k), this is the Angel that is the Redeemer of the world, and the keeper of the children of men: and Philo the Jew (l) applies the word unto the divine Logos, and says,"he (God) uses the divine Word as the guide of the way; for the oracle is, "behold, I send my Angel", &c.''which agrees with what follows:
to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared; to preserve the Israelites in their journey through the wilderness, from all their enemies that should set upon them, and to bring them safe at last to the land of Canaan, which he had appointed for them, and promised to them, and had prepared both in his purpose and gift for them, and would make way for their settlement in it by driving out the nations before them.
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(k) In Zohar in Gen. fol. 124. 4. (l) "De migratione" Abraham, p. 415.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 18. The blood of my sacrifice with leavened…
Verse 18. The blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread] The sacrifice here mentioned is undoubtedly the Passover; (see Ex 34:25); this is called by way of eminence MY sacrifice, because God had instituted it for that especial purpose, the redemption of Israel from the Egyptian bondage, and because it typified THE LAMB of GOD, who taketh away the sin of the world. We have already seen how strict the prohibition against leaven was during this festival, and what was signified by it. See on chap. xii. See Clarke on Ex 12:19.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The blood of my sacrifice - It is generally…
The blood of my sacrifice - It is generally considered that this must refer to the Paschal Lamb. See Exo 12:7, Exo 12:11, Exo 12:13, Exo 12:22-23, Exo 12:27.
The fat of my sacrifice - Strictly, the fat of my feast; the “best part” of the feast, that is, the Paschal lamb itself. Compare Exo 34:25.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Thou, &c. This has a reference to the feast…
Thou, &c. This has a reference to the feast of the Passover, ver. 15, (Onkelos) as well as the following verse. (Calmet)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 18. Not offer the blood of my sacrifice with…
18. Not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread — Literally, upon leavened bread. This refers especially to the sacrifice of the passover, as is seen by comparison of Exo_12:15; Exo_12:18-20. So also the fat of my sacrifice is best understood as the fat and choice portions of the paschal lamb, nothing of which was allowed to remain until the morning. Comp. Exo_12:10, and Exo_34:25.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. Two regulations respecting sacrifice, designed to guard a…
18. Two regulations respecting sacrifice, designed to guard a sacrifice against contamination by anything corrupt or tainted.
18a. Jehovah’s sacrifices not to be offered with leavened bread. Cf. the || Exo_34:25; Lev_2:11; Lev_6:17; and the note on ch. Exo_12:8. ‘In the earliest times bread was entirely unleavened. Flour or barley was mixed with water and kneaded in a “kneading-bowl” (Exo Exo_8:3), and then baked into “unleavened cakes” (see on Exo_12:8), such as are still the usual food of the Bedawin. In a more advanced stage of society the bread was made in this way only in cases of emergency (Gen_19:3), or for purposes of ritual. The ordinary bread of the Hebrews was made lighter by fermentation’ (Kennedy, in EB. i. 604). The reason why leavened bread was prohibited for ritual purposes was, probably, partly because unleavened bread had the sanction of antiquity (Kennedy, ib. iii. 2753), partly because leaven, being produced by fermentation, was regarded as tainted with a species of corruption (ib. p. 2754; OTJC.2[194] p. 345; Rel. Sem. p. 203 f., ed. 2, p. 220 f.). Leavened bread was permitted only when the offering was not to be placed upon the altar, but eaten by the priests, Lev_7:13; Lev_23:17; Lev_23:20 end.
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[194] W. R. Smith, Old Testament in the Jewish Church, ed. 2, 1892.
offer] lit. kill or slay (Deu_12:15), but the word (zâbaḥ) is nearly always used of slaying for sacrifice (cf. on Exo_20:24). It occurs only here with ‘blood’ as its object. In the ||, Exo_34:25 a, slaughter (shâḥaṭ) is used: this is often said of the slaughter of an animal for sacrifice Exo_29:11, Lev_1:5, &c.), but, like zâbaḥ, is not found elsewhere with blood’ as its object. The use of both words in this law is peculiar.
18b. The fat of a festal sacrifice,—which, like the fat of other sacrifices, as the most esteemed part of the animal, was regularly consumed in sweet smoke (see on Exo_29:13) upon the altar (Lev_1:8; Lev_3:3 f. &c.), as an offering to the Deity,—is not to remain unburnt till the next morning (when it would in any case be stale, and in a hot climate might even be tainted). The fat meant is not all fat found in an animal, but specifically that about the kidneys and other intestines (Lev_3:3 f.: Rel. Sem.2[195] 379 f.; EB. ii. 1545; Driver and White, Leviticus in Haupt’s Sacred Books of the OT., illustr. opp. to p. 4).
[195] W. R. Smith, The Religion of the Semites, ed. 2, 1894.
the fat of my feast] Lit. of my pilgrimage (Heb. ḥag), i.e. of the animals sacrificed at my pilgrimages (cf. Mal_2:3, Psa_118:27 Heb.).
The ||, Exo_34:25 b, has ‘the sacrifice of the pilgrimage of the passover’; hence it is commonly thought that the reference (in both clauses) is to the passover (so already Onk., expressly in cl.a, and by implication cl.b). No doubt these two regulations might have been formulated at a time when the Passover was the principal Heb. sacrifice: on the other hand, this is nowhere else (except in Exo_34:25) called a ḥag; and (Di.) the terms being perfectly general, the limitation seems hardly legitimate: the fat pieces of a sacrifice offered at any pilgrimage are to be burnt upon the altar the same day. Why the regulation is limited to these sacrifices does not appear: was it because greater strictness and formality were expected on these occasions than when the sacrifice was an ordinary private one? There are similar regulations in P for the flesh, not only of the Passover (ch. Exo_12:10), but also of the ram of installation (Exo_29:34), and of the thanksgiving-offering (Lev_7:15; Lev_22:30). The fat of the Passover is not elsewhere specified.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (18) Thou shalt not offer the blood of my…
(18) Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread.—Some regard this prohibition as extending to all sacrifices; but the majority of commentators limit it to the sacrifice of the Paschal lamb, which was the only sacrifice as yet expressly instituted by Jehovah. According to modern Jewish notions, leavened bread is permissible at the other feasts; at Pentecost it was commanded (Lev_23:17).
The fat of my sacrifice.—Rather (as in the Margin), the fat of my feast. The fat of the Paschal lambs was burnt on the altar with incense the same evening. Thus the whole lamb was consumed before the morning. As the Paschal lamb is καὶ ἐξοχήν, “my sacrifice,” so the Passover is “my feast.”
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Law of the Paschal sacrifice. That the Paschal lamb is here intended by "my sacrifice," seems to be certain, since the two injunctions to put away leavened bread, and to allow none of the victim"s flesh to remain till the morning, (see Exo_12:10) are combined in the Paschal sacrifice only. Of all the offerings commanded in the law the Paschal lamb was the most important, since it typified Christ. It may therefore well be termed, in an especial way, "God"s sacrifice." By the fat of my feast some understand the fat of the lamb, others the best part of the feast (Keil)i.e. , the lamb itself. in Exo_34:25, which is closely parallel to the present place, we read, for "the fat of my feast," "the sacrifice of the feast of the passover."
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Yahweh continues telling Moses his laws for the people of Israel.
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fat from the sacrifices
The fat was burned as an offering to Yahweh and was never eaten.
the choicest firstfruits
"the best and first produce of the harvest"
You must not boil a young goat in its mother's milk
This was a magical fertility practice among the Canaanites, which the Israelites were not permitted to participate in.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 23:18 Blood symbolized life (Lev 17:11-14; Deut 12:23), so…
23:18 Blood symbolized life (Lev 17:11-14; Deut 12:23), so blood must not be mixed with yeast, which was not normally included in offerings (see study note on Lev 2:11). • The fat, considered the best part of the offering, was to be burned at once (see Lev 3:3-5).
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