Bible Strands
Exodus 23:18
You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh addresses Israel regarding the regulations for their three annual appearances before Him.
The words — חָמֵץ (cha.Metz) denotes leaven, and יָלִ֥ין (ya.Lin) means it will remain overnight.
The thread — The command against leaving sacrificial portions until morning appears in Exodus 12:10, while the prohibition against offering sacrificial blood with leaven reappears in Exodus 34:25 for the Passover Feast and Leviticus 2:11 for grain offerings.
Why it lands — The text commands immediate disposal of sacrificial fat and strict separation of blood from leavened substances during ritual observance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.
Cross-references
- 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 12:10 Do not leave any of it until morning; before the morning you must burn up any part that is left over.
- Leviticus 2:11 No grain offering that you present to the LORD may be made with leaven, for you are not to burn any leaven or honey as a food offering to the LORD.
- 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.
- Exodus 12:8 They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
- Leviticus 7:15 The meat of the sacrifice of his peace offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day he offers it; none of it may be left until morning.
- 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.
- Leviticus 7:12 If he offers it in thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers coated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour mixed with oil.