Reference

Exodus 13:6

Seventh-Day Sabbath Sabbath Commandment First Day of the Week Sabbath at Creation

“Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.”

This day came ye out in the month Abib.

And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.

Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.

And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Seventh-Day Sabbath

The verse refers to "the seventh day" as a "feast to the Lord" within the context of eating unleavened bread for seven days, not as a weekly Sabbath or a day of rest. The text does not use the word "Sabbath" or explicitly state that this seventh day is a day of rest.

Sabbath Commandment

This verse refers to a seven-day period of eating unleavened bread, culminating in a feast, which is distinct from the weekly Sabbath commandment that typically involves rest and is not explicitly tied to a specific food or a seven-day duration.

First Day of the Week

The verse specifies "seven days" and "the seventh day," but it does not mention or imply the "first day of the week" in any context. The focus is on a sequence of days within a specific observance, not on the weekly cycle.

Sabbath at Creation

The verse explicitly mentions "seven days" and "the seventh day" in the context of eating unleavened bread and a feast, but it makes no direct or indirect reference to creation or God resting on the seventh day. It is solely focused on the observance of a specific ritual.

Seventh-Day Sabbath

Related Verses

Exodus 13:7

“Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.”

Leviticus 23:6

“And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the Lord: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.”

Numbers 28:17

“And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.”

Exodus 23:15

“Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)”

Exodus 34:18

“The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.”

Thematic Connections

Seventh-Day Sabbath Sabbath Commandment First Day of the Week Sabbath at Creation

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