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A Thorough Purification
The command to have "no leaven seen" was not a casual instruction. Commentators like John Gill explain that it required a diligent, house-wide search to remove every trace. This symbolizes a complete and thorough purification, setting apart the entire seven-day period as holy and distinct from ordinary life.
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Deuteronomy
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Albert Barnes
On Deuteronomy 16:1–8
18th Century
Theologian
The cardinal point on which all the regulations in this chapter depend is evidently the same as has been so often emphasized in the previous chapte…
Charles Ellicott
On Deuteronomy 16:1–8
19th Century
Bishop
Deuteronomy 16:1–8. THE PASSOVER. ()
The month Abib was so called from the “ears of c…
John Gill
On Deuteronomy 16:4
17th Century
Pastor
And there shall be no leavened bread seen with you in all your
coasts seven days
For …
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Matthew Henry
On Deuteronomy 16:1–17
17th Century
Minister
The laws for the three yearly feasts are repeated here: that of the Passover, that of Pentecost, that of Tabernacles; and the general law concernin…