Exo 12:15 | TNotes | STEP | 12:15 without yeast: Israel needed unleavened bread for traveling (see 12:34 , 39 ), 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 ). • cut off from the community: This means either death or expulsion from the community.

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‏ Exodus 12:15

12:15 ^a without yeast: Israel needed unleavened bread for traveling (see 12:34 ^b, 39 ^c), 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 ^d).

• cut off from the community: This means either death or expulsion from the community.