Exodus 13:6

ESV Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the Lord.

NIV For seven days eat bread made without yeast and on the seventh day hold a festival to the Lord.

NASB For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the Lord.

CSB For seven days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there is to be a festival to the Lord.

NLT For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast. Then on the seventh day, celebrate a feast to the Lord.

KJV Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.

NKJV Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the Lord.

What does Exodus 13:6 mean?

Earlier verses introduced Israel's mandatory Feast of Unleavened Bread (Exodus 12:14–17). This began immediately after observing Passover (Exodus 12:5–6). The people were even to remove all leaven from their homes (Exodus 12:19–20). Leaven is the yeast which grows in dough to make bread rise. Eliminating all leaven is symbolic of avoiding sin, which permeates everything it touches just as yeast does in dough. This also recalled Israel's use of unleavened bread on the night they were freed from slavery (Exodus 12:8, 33, 39).

These instructions are being repeated as Israel travels away from Egypt (Exodus 13:4) on their way to a Promised Land (Genesis 12:5–7; 15:13–21; Exodus 13:11).

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