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Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Yahweh.
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A Feast of Deliverance
Commentators explain that the seventh day of this festival was a special 'feast to the Lord,' corresponding to the 'holy convocation' mentioned in Exodus 12:16. Jewish tradition holds this specific day as the anniversary of the crossing of the Red Sea, making it a celebration of the culmination of their deliverance.
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Exodus
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19th Century
Anglican
A feast to the Lord. —Compare Exodus 12:16, where a holy convocation is ordered for the seventh day. The Jews regard this…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread. The Jews gather from this place, and from (Deuteronomy 16:8), that…
Presbyterian
In remembrance of the destruction of the first-born of Egypt, both of man and beast, and the deliverance of the Israelites out of bondage, the firs…
