Ex 13:3
13:3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which
     ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of {a} bondage;
     for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this
     [place]: there shall no leavened bread be {b} eaten.

     (a) Where they were in most cruel slavery.
     (b) To signify that they did not have time to leaven their
         bread.

Ex 13:4
13:4 This day came ye out in the month {c} Abib.

     (c) Containing part of March and part of April, when corn
         began to ripen in that country.

Ex 13:6
13:6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the {d}
     seventh day [shall be] a feast to the LORD.

     (d) Both the seventh and the first day were holy, as in
         Ex 12:16.

Ex 13:8
13:8 And thou shalt shew thy son {e} in that day, saying, [This
     is done] because of that [which] the LORD did unto me when
     I came forth out of Egypt.

     (e) When you celebrate the feast of unleavened bread.

Ex 13:9
13:9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee {f} upon thine hand,
     and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD'S law
     may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD
     brought thee out of Egypt.

     (f) You will constantly remember it, as you would of a
         thing that is in your hand, or before your eyes.

Ex 13:13
13:13 And every firstling of an {g} ass thou shalt redeem with a
      lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt
      break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy
      children shalt thou {h} redeem.

      (g) This is also understood about the horse and other
          beasts which were not offered in sacrifice.
      (h) By offering a clean beast in sacrifice; Le 12:6.

Ex 13:17
13:17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go,
      that God led them not [through] the way of the land of the
      Philistines, although that [was] near; for God said, Lest
      peradventure the people repent when they {i} see war, and
      they return to Egypt:

      (i) Which the Philistines would have made against them by
          blocking their passage.

Ex 13:18
13:18 But God led the people about, [through] the way of the
      wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went
      up {k} harnessed out of the land of Egypt.

      (k) That is, not secretly but openly and as the word
          signifies, set in order by five and five.

Ex 13:21
13:21 And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a {l}
      cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of
      fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

      (l) To defend them from the heat of the sun.

This document is from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library at Calvin College. Last updated on May 27, 1999. Contacting the CCEL.