Exodus 12:39 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | NLT

For bread they baked flat cakes from the dough without yeast they had brought from Egypt. It was made without yeast because the people were driven out of Egypt in such a hurry that they had no time to prepare the bread or other food.

Commentaries

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

THE DEPARTURE OF ISRAEL, THEIR NUMBERS, AND THE TIME OF THE EGYPTIAN SOJOURN.

The two principal statements of this passage …

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And they baked unleavened cakes
While they were at Succoth; but since that was a desert place, where could they get …

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

The children of Israel set out without delay. A mixed multitude went with them. Some, perhaps, were willing to leave their country, devastated by p…