Exodus 23:18

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“You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.”

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BSBPD

“You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my feast remain all night until the morning.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Thou dost not sacrifice on a fermented thing the blood of My sacrifice, and the fat of My festival doth not remain till morning;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 23:18 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 12:8They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
  2. Exodus 12:10Do not leave any of it until morning; before the morning you must burn up any part that is left over.
  3. Exodus 12:15For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. On the first day you are to remove the leaven from your houses. Whoever eats anything leavened from the first day through the seventh must be cut off from Israel.
  4. Exodus 34:25Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to Me along with anything leavened, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Feast remain until morning.
  5. Leviticus 2:11No grain offering that you present to the LORD may be made with leaven, for you are not to burn any leaven or honey as an offering made by fire to the LORD.
  6. Leviticus 7:12If he offers it in thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers coated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour mixed with oil.
  7. Leviticus 7:15The meat of the sacrifice of his peace offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day he offers it; none of it may be left until morning.
  8. Deuteronomy 16:4No leaven is to be found in all your land for seven days, and none of the meat you sacrifice in the evening of the first day shall remain until morning.

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