Exodus 12:14-20
12:14 a The Jewish people still commemorate Passover, since it was instituted as a law for all time.12:15 b without yeast: Israel needed unleavened bread for traveling (see 12:34 c, 39 d), which the festival commemorated. Later, yeast was seen as an image of sin, probably because it is an agent of fermentation (“Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees,” Matt 16:6 e).
• cut off from the community: This means either death or expulsion from the community.
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