Deuteronomy 16:4 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:1-17

Much of the communion between God and his people Israel was kept up, and a face of religion preserved in the nation, by the three yearly feasts, the institution of which, and the laws concerning them, we have several times met with already; and here they are repeated. I. The law of the passover, so great a solemnity that it made the whole month, in the midst of which it was placed, considerable: Observe the month Abib, Deut. 16:1. Though one week only of this month was to be kept as a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:4

And there shall be no leavened bread seen with thee in all thy coasts seven days ,.... For before the passover they were to search diligently every room in the house, and every hole and crevice, that none might remain any where; see Exodus 12:15 , neither shall there be anything of the flesh, which thou sacrificedst the first day at even, remain all night until the morning ; which may be understood both of the flesh of the passover lamb, as Aben Ezra, according to Exodus 12:10 and of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:1-7

The Feast of the Passover . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:1-8

The Feast of the Passover. (For a reference to the minute points of difference, necessitated by different circumstances, between the first Passover and subsequent ones, see art. 'Passover,' in Smith's 'Bibl. Dict.;' see also the Exposition for its historical significance.) We now take for granted that all this is well understood by, and perfectly familiar to, the reader. Our purpose now is to "open up," not its historical meaning, nor even its symbolism for Israel, but its typical intent... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:1-8

The Passover, a memorial of deliverance. The institution of the Passover ( Exodus 12:1-51 .) was preliminary to their deliverance from Egypt, just as the Lord's Supper was preliminary to the death of Jesus Christ, which it was designed subsequently to commemorate. On the first occasion it was a sacrifice presented at home , as was most proper. But when the central altar was set up in Palestine, it became the center of the Passover festival, and to it the Jews in their multitudes... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:1-8

The Passover a memorial and a prophecy. In a singular and a miraculous manner, the national existence of the Hebrews had commenced. God had signally interposed as their Champion, in a way altogether unparalleled. Without question, it was an event pregnant with vast issues to the history of mankind. Every opportunity was afforded Pharaoh to escape from destruction. The host of God, composed of natural forces and invisible powers, enclosed him gradually within narrower and narrower bounds,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:1-9

The Passover. The Passover was a sacrifice ( Exodus 12:2 ), and was connected with sacrifices ( Leviticus 23:5-8 ; Numbers 28:15-26 ); hence "flock and herd" ( Deuteronomy 16:2 ) covering the sacrifices of the seven days' feast. It was the sacrifice which mediated the new relationship established between Jehovah and the people on the night of the Exodus. There was a fitness, at so solemn a crisis in the history of the chosen nation, in the line of demarcation between them and the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:1-17

EXPOSITION CELEBRATION OF THE PASSOVER FESTIVAL , THE FEAST OF PENTECOST AND OF TABERNACLES . APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE AND PREVENTION OF IDOLATRY . (Comp. Exodus 23:14-19 ; Exodus 34:18 , Exodus 34:22-26 ; Leviticus 23:1-44 . On the Passover, see Exodus 12:1-51 .; Exodus 13:3-10 .) The other great festivals of the Israelites, the Feast of Trumpets and the Day of Atonement, are not here... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:4

No leavened bread ; properly, no leaven ( שְׂאֹר ) (cf. Exodus 12:15 ). Not only was no leavened bread ( מַחָּוז ) or dough ( חָמֵץ ) to be used by them, leaven itself was not to be in the house. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 16:1-8

The cardinal point on which the whole of the prescriptions in this chapter turn, is evidently the same as has been so often insisted on in the previous chapters, namely, the concentration of the religious services of the people round one common sanctuary. The prohibition against observing the great Feasts of Passover, Pentecost, and tabernacle, the three annual epochs in the sacred year of the Jew, at home and in private, is reiterated in a variety of words no less than six times in the first... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:1-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:4

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:1-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:1-9

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Deuteronomy 16:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Deuteronomy 16:1-8

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