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The people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes on their shoulders.
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The Urgency of God's Rescue
The detail of the Israelites carrying unleavened dough highlights the extreme haste of their departure. Commentators note they left so suddenly there was no time for their bread to rise. This paints a vivid picture of God's deliverance not as a slow, planned migration, but as a swift and decisive rescue operation, prompted by the Egyptians' desperation to send them away.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Kneadingtroughs - (Compare the marginal note and Deuteronomy 28:5). The troughs were probably small wooden bowls in which the cakes when bak…
19th Century
Anglican
Kneadingtroughs. — Light, portable wooden bowls, such as are now used by the Arabs.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the people took their dough before it was leavened They had that evening mixed their flour with water, and made …
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