Exodus 13:3-10

The Voice

Moses (to the people): ³ Remember this day, the day when you departed from Egypt and left behind lives of slavery. For the strong hand of the Eternal has freed you from Pharaoh and his Egypt. In observing this day, be careful not to eat any food containing yeast. ⁴ You are leaving today in the month of Abib. ⁵ When He leads you into the land which He promised your ancestors He would give to you—a wide, open space flowing with milk and honey, a land currently inhabited by the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Amorites, and Jebusites—I want you to observe the following festival during this month: ⁶ For seven days, you are to eat only bread made without yeast. On the seventh day, celebrate a feast in honor of the Eternal. ⁷ Remember the directive: only bread made without yeast can be eaten during the seven festival days. Don’t keep any bread with yeast around; in fact, get rid of all yeast anywhere in your territory during those days. ⁸ You are to explain to your children on that day, “We observe this feast because of what the Eternal did for me when I came out of Egypt.” ⁹ This festival will be a sign to you—like a mark stamped on the back of your hand or a reminder written across your forehead—so that the Eternal’s instruction will never be far from your lips. For He led you out of Egypt with a strong hand. ¹⁰ Observe what I have decreed at the designated time every year.