Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 16:4
No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses the Israelite assembly on the plains of Moab, laying out regulations for the Passover and Feast of Unleavened Bread prior to their entry into Canaan.
The words — The Hebrew word שְׂאֹר (se'or), meaning "leaven," is paired with יֵרָאֶה (ye'ra'eh), literally "it will be seen" or "found," stressing absolute visibility and removal.
The thread — This command to eliminate leaven and burn leftover sacrificial meat by morning directly parallels Exodus 12:10, Exodus 13:7, and Exodus 34:25.
Why it lands — The text commands total leaven removal from every territory and immediate disposal of first-day Passover meat to enforce ritual boundaries and preserve the memory of the Exodus departure.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coast seven days; neither shall there any thing of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning.
Cross-references
- Exodus 12:10 Do not leave any of it until morning; before the morning you must burn up any part that is left over.
- Exodus 34:25 Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to Me along with anything leavened, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Feast remain until morning.
- Exodus 13:7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten during those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, nor shall leaven be found anywhere within your borders.
- Exodus 12:15 For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.
- Exodus 12:8 They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.