Deuteronomy 16:3

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You shall eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shall you eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for you came forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that you may remember the day when you came forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life.

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Egypt was the land of Israel’s slavery, from which the Lord delivered them in the exodus. In this Passover instruction, the unleavened bread recalls the haste of their departure and preserves Israel’s memory of God’s saving act.

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Deuteronomy 16:3 mentions Egypt.

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