Exodus 12:15

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Seven days shall you eat unleavened bread; even the first day you shall put away yeast out of your houses, for whoever eats leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel.

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Egypt was the land where Israel had been enslaved and from which God was delivering them through the Passover and exodus. Rameses, a royal center in Egypt associated with Israel’s departure, underscores that the command to remove leaven marked a decisive break from their former bondage.

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Exodus 12:15 mentions Egypt and Rameses.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato
Rameses · Sailko

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