Dictionary of Bible Themes: 7360 Feast of Unleavened Bread

7360 Feast of Unleavened Bread

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The feast was kept from 15th-21st Abib (March/April), to commemorate the haste with which the Israelites left Egypt. It was always celebrated in the calendar of feasts with the Feast of Passover.

Celebrating the Feast of Unleavened Bread

Exodus 12:15-20 See also Exodus 12:39; Exodus 23:15; Leviticus 23:6; Numbers 28:17; Deuteronomy 16:3

All use of yeast was forbidden during the Feast of Unleavened Bread

All leaven was to be removed from the home before the feast began

Exodus 12:19; Exodus 13:7; Deuteronomy 16:4

No yeast was to be used in the preparation of food

Exodus 12:18-20; Exodus 13:6-7; Exodus 23:15

Sacrifices made at the Feast of Unleavened Bread

Leviticus 23:8; Numbers 28:19-24

The Feast of Unleavened Bread in NT times

Mark 14:1,12; Acts 12:3; 1 Corinthians 5:6-8