King James Version
Exodus 12:20 in the King James Version says “Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.”
Exodus 12:20 · KJV
In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one and twentieth day of the month at even.
Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.
Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.
Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover. lamb: or, kid
And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“in all your habitations”
H4186a seat; figuratively, a site; abstractly, a session; by extension an abode (the place or the time); by implication, population
“unleavened bread”
H4682properly, sweetness; concretely, sweet (i.e., not soured or bittered with yeast); specifically, an unfermented cake or loaf, or (elliptically) the fes
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