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1Co 5:7	Strong Concordance	Purge out [1571] therefore [3767] the old [3820] leaven [2219], that [2443] ye may be [5600] a new [3501] lump [5445], as [2531] ye are [2075] unleavened [106]. For [1063] even [2532] Christ [5547] our [2257] passover [3957] is sacrificed [2380] for [5228] us [2257]:
	King James	Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
old leaven--The remnant of the "old" (Eph 4:22-24) heathenish and natural corruption. The image is taken from the extreme care of the Jews in searching every corner of their houses, and "purging out" every particle of leaven from the time of killing the lamb before the Passover (Deu 16:3-4). So Christians are continually to search and purify their hearts (Psa 139:23-24). as ye are unleavened--normally, and as far as your Christian calling is concerned: free from the leaven of sin and death (Co1 6:11). Paul often grounds exhortations on the assumption of Christian professors' normal state as realized (Rom 6:3-4) [ALFORD]. Regarding the Corinthian Church as the Passover "unleavened lump" or mass, he entreats them to correspond in fact with this their normal state. "For Christ our Passover (Exo 12:5-11, Exo 12:21-23; Joh 1:29) has been (English Version, "is") sacrificed for us"; that is, as the Jews began the days of unleavened bread with the slaying of the Passover lamb, so, Christ our Passover having been already slain, let there be no leaven of evil in you who are the "unleavened lump." Doubtless he alludes to the Passover which had been two or three weeks before kept by the Jewish Christians (Co1 16:8): the Gentile Christians probably also refraining from leavened bread at the love-feasts. Thus the Jewish Passover naturally gave place to our Christian Easter. The time however, of keeping feast (metaphorical; that is, leading the Christian life of joy in Christ's finished work, compare Pro 15:15) among us Christians, corresponding to the Jewish Passover, is not limited, as the latter, to one season, but is ALL our time; for the transcendent benefits of the once-for-all completed sacrifice of our Passover Lamb extends to all the time of our lives and of this Christian dispensation; in no part of our time is the leaven of evil to be admitted. For even--an additional reason, besides that in Co1 5:6, and a more cogent one for purging out every leaven of evil; namely, that Christ has been already sacrificed, whereas the old leaven is yet unremoved, which ought to have been long ago purged out.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

old leaven--The remnant of the "old" (Eph 4:22-24) heathenish and natural corruption. The image is taken from the extreme care of the Jews in searching every corner of their houses, and "purging out" every particle of leaven from the time of killing the lamb before the Passover (Deu 16:3-4). So Christians are continually to search and purify their hearts (Psa 139:23-24).

as ye are unleavened--normally, and as far as your Christian calling is concerned: free from the leaven of sin and death (Co1 6:11). Paul often grounds exhortations on the assumption of Christian professors' normal state as realized (Rom 6:3-4) [ALFORD]. Regarding the Corinthian Church as the Passover "unleavened lump" or mass, he entreats them to correspond in fact with this their normal state. "For Christ our Passover (Exo 12:5-11, Exo 12:21-23; Joh 1:29) has been (English Version, "is") sacrificed for us"; that is, as the Jews began the days of unleavened bread with the slaying of the Passover lamb, so, Christ our Passover having been already slain, let there be no leaven of evil in you who are the "unleavened lump." Doubtless he alludes to the Passover which had been two or three weeks before kept by the Jewish Christians (Co1 16:8): the Gentile Christians probably also refraining from leavened bread at the love-feasts. Thus the Jewish Passover naturally gave place to our Christian Easter. The time however, of keeping feast (metaphorical; that is, leading the Christian life of joy in Christ's finished work, compare Pro 15:15) among us Christians, corresponding to the Jewish Passover, is not limited, as the latter, to one season, but is ALL our time; for the transcendent benefits of the once-for-all completed sacrifice of our Passover Lamb extends to all the time of our lives and of this Christian dispensation; in no part of our time is the leaven of evil to be admitted.

For even--an additional reason, besides that in Co1 5:6, and a more cogent one for purging out every leaven of evil; namely, that Christ has been already sacrificed, whereas the old leaven is yet unremoved, which ought to have been long ago purged out.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Purge out therefore ... - Put away; free yourselves from. The old leaven - The apostle here takes occasion, from the mention of leaven, to exhort the Corinthians to put away vice and sin. The figure is derived from the custom of the Jews in putting away leaven at the celebration of the passover. By the OLD leaven he means vice and sin; and also here the person who had committed the sin in their church. As the Jews, at the celebration of the passover, gave all diligence in removing leaven from their houses - searching every part of their dwellings with candles, that they might remove every particle of leavened bread from their habitations - so the apostle exhorts them to use all diligence to search out and remove all sin. That ye may be a new lump - That you may be like a new mass of flour, or dough, before the leaven is put into it. That you may be pure, and free from the corrupting principle. As ye are unleavened - That is, as ye are bound by your Christian profession to be unleavened, or to be pure. Your very profession implies this, and you ought, therefore, to remove all impurity, and to become holy. Let there be no impurity, and no mixture inconsistent with that holiness which the gospel teaches and requires. The apostle here does not refer merely to the case of the incestuous person, but he takes occasion to exhort them to put away all sin. Not only to remove this occasion of offence, but to remove all impurity, that they might become entirely and only holy. The doctrine is, that Christians are by their profession holy, and that therefore they ought to give all diligence to remove everything that is impure. For even Christ ... - As the Jews, when their paschal lamb was slain, gave great diligence to put away all leaven from their dwellings, so we Christians, since our passover is slain, ought to give the like diligence to remove all that is impure and corrupting from our hearts - There can be no doubt here that the paschal lamb was a type of the Messiah; and as little that the leaven was understood to be emblematic of impurity and sin, and that their being required to put it away was intended to be an emblematic action designed to denote that all sin was to be removed and forsaken. Our passover - Our "paschal lamb," for so the word πάσχα pascha usually signifies. The sense is, "We Christians have a paschal lamb; and that lamb is the Messiah. And as the Jews, when their paschal lamb was slain, were required to put away all leaven from their dwellings, so we, when our paschal lamb is slain, should put away all sin from our hearts and from our churches." This passage proves that Paul meant to teach that Christ had "taken the place" of the paschal lamb - that that lamb was designed to adumbrate or typify him - and that consequently when he was offered, the paschal offering was designed to cease. Christ is often in the Scriptures compared to a lamb. See Isa 53:7; Joh 1:29; Pe1 1:19; Rev 5:6, Rev 5:12. Is sacrificed for us - Margin, Or "slain" (ἐτυθη etuthē). The word θύω thuō may mean simply to slay or kill; but it is also used often in the sense of making a sacrifice as an expiation for sin; Act 14:13, Act 14:18; Co1 10:20; compare Gen 31:54; Gen 45:1; Exo 3:18; Exo 5:3, Exo 5:8,Exo 5:17; Exo 8:8, Exo 8:25-29; Exo 13:15; Exo 20:24; Ch2 15:16, where it is used as the translation of the word זבח zaabach, "to sacrifice." It is used as the translation of this word no less than 98 times in the Old Testament, and perhaps always in the sense of a "sacrifice," or bloody offering. It is also used as the translation of the Hebrew word טבח Taabach, and שׁחט shaachat, to slay, to kill, etc. in Exo 12:21; Kg1 11:19; Kg2 25:7; Ch2 29:22, etc.; in all in eleven places in the Old Testament. It is used in a similar sense in the New Testament, in Mat 22:4; Luk 15:23, Luk 15:27, Luk 15:30; Joh 10:10; Act 10:13; Act 11:7. It occurs no where else in the New Testament than in the places which have been specified - The true sense of the word here is, therefore, to be found in the doctrine respecting the passover. That that was intended to be a sacrifice for sin is proved by the nature of the offering, and by the account which is everywhere given of it in the Old Testament. The paschal lamb was slain as a sacrifice. It was slain in the temple; its blood was poured out as an offering; it was sprinkled and offered by the priests in the same way as other sacrifices; see Exo 23:18; Exo 34:25; Ch2 30:15-16. And if so, then this passage means that Christ was offered "as a sacrifice for sin" - in accordance with the numerous passages of the New Testament, which speak of his death in this manner (see the note at Rom 3:25); and that his offering was designed to take the place of the paschal sacrifice, under the ancient economy. For us - For us who are Christians. He died in our stead; and as the Jews, when celebrating their paschal feast, put away all leaven, so we, as Christians, should put away all evil from our hearts, since that sacrifice has now been made once for all.

Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886]
Leaven Not the sinful man, but evil of every kind, in accordance with the more general statement of the leavening, power of evil in Co1 5:6. The apostle's metaphor is shaped by the commands concerning the removal of leaven at the passover: Exo 12:19; Exo 13:7. Compare Ignatius; "Dispense, therefore, with the evil leaven that has grown old (παλαιωθεῖσαν) and that has gone sour (ἐνοξίσασαν), and be changed into new leaven which is Jesus Christ" (Epistle to Magnesians, 10). New (νέον) See on Mat 26:29. Passover (τὸ πάσχα) The Paschal lamb, as Mar 14:12; Luk 22:7.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Purge out therefore the old leaven - Both of sinners and of sin. That ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened - That is, that being unleavened ye may be a new lump, holy unto the Lord. For our passover is slain for us - The Jewish passover, about the time of which this epistle was wrote, Co1 5:11, was only a type of this. What exquisite skill both here and everywhere conducts the zeal of the inspired writer! How surprising a transition is here, and yet how perfectly natural! The apostle, speaking of the incestuous criminal, slides into his darling topic, - crucified Saviour. Who would have expected it on such an occasion. Yet, when it is thus brought in, who does not see and admire both the propriety of the subject, and the delicacy of its introduction?

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Purge out therefore the old leaven - As it is the custom of the Jews previously to the passover to search their houses in the most diligent manner for the old leaven, and throw it out, sweeping every part clean; so act with this incestuous person. I have already shown with what care the Jews purged their houses from all leaven previously to the passover; see the note on Exo 12:8-19 (note), and on the term passover, and Christ as represented by this ancient Jewish sacrifice; see on Exo 12:27 (note), and my Discourse on the Nature and Design of the Eucharist.

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⁶ Your [5216] glorying [2745] is not [3756] good [2570]. Know ye [1492] not [3756] that [3754] a little [3398] leaven [2219] leaveneth [2220] the whole [3650] lump [5445]?

¹⁵ All the days [03117] of the afflicted [06041] are evil [07451]: but he that is of a merry [02896] heart [03820] hath a continual [08548] feast [04960].

⁸ But [1161] I will tarry [1961] at [1722] Ephesus [2181] until [2193] Pentecost [4005].

²⁹ The next day [1887] John [2491] seeth [991] Jesus [2424] coming [2064] unto [4314] him [846], and [2532] saith [3004], Behold [2396] the Lamb [286] of God [2316], which [3588] taketh away [142] the sin [266] of the world [2889].

²¹ Then Moses [04872] called [07121] for all the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], and said [0559] unto them, Draw out [04900] and take [03947] you a lamb [06629] according to your families [04940], and kill [07819] the passover [06453].
²² And ye shall take [03947] a bunch [092] of hyssop [0231], and dip [02881] it in the blood [01818] that is in the bason [05592], and strike [05060] the lintel [04947] and the two [08147] side posts [04201] with the blood [01818] that is in the bason [05592]; and none [0376] of you shall go out [03318] at the door [06607] of his house [01004] until the morning [01242].
²³ For the LORD [03068] will pass through [05674] to smite [05062] the Egyptians [04714]; and when he seeth [07200] the blood [01818] upon the lintel [04947], and on the two [08147] side posts [04201], the LORD [03068] will pass over [06452] the door [06607], and will not suffer [05414] the destroyer [07843] to come [0935] in unto your houses [01004] to smite [05062] you.

⁵ Your lamb [07716] shall be without blemish [08549], a male [02145] of the first [01121] year [08141]: ye shall take [03947] it out from the sheep [03532], or from the goats [05795]:
⁶ And ye shall keep [04931] it up until the fourteenth [0702] [06240] day [03117] of the same month [02320]: and the whole [03605] assembly [06951] of the congregation [05712] of Israel [03478] shall kill [07819] it in [0996] the evening [06153].
⁷ And they shall take [03947] of the blood [01818], and strike [05414] it on the two [08147] side posts [04201] and on the upper door post [04947] of the houses [01004], wherein they shall eat [0398] it.
⁸ And they shall eat [0398] the flesh [01320] in that night [03915], roast [06748] with fire [0784], and unleavened bread [04682]; and with bitter [04844] herbs they shall eat [0398] it.
⁹ Eat [0398] not of it raw [04995], nor sodden [01310] [01311] at all with water [04325], but roast [06748] with fire [0784]; his head [07218] with his legs [03767], and with the purtenance [07130] thereof.
¹⁰ And ye shall let nothing of it remain [03498] until the morning [01242]; and that which remaineth [03498] of it until the morning [01242] ye shall burn [08313] with fire [0784].
¹¹ And thus [03602] shall ye eat [0398] it; with your loins [04975] girded [02296], your shoes [05275] on your feet [07272], and your staff [04731] in your hand [03027]; and ye shall eat [0398] it in haste [02649]: it is the LORD'S [03068] passover [06453].

³ [2228] Know ye not [50], that so [3754] many of us [3745] as were baptized [907] into [1519] Jesus [2424] Christ [5547] were baptized [907] into [1519] his [846] death [2288]?
⁴ Therefore [3767] we are buried with [4916] him [846] by [1223] baptism [908] into [1519] death [2288]: that [2443] like as [5618] Christ [5547] was raised up [1453] from [1537] the dead [3498] by [1223] the glory [1391] of the Father [3962], even so [3779] we [2249] also [2532] should walk [4043] in [1722] newness [2538] of life [2222].

¹¹ And [2532] such [5023] were [2258] some of you [5100]: but [235] ye are washed [628], but [235] ye are sanctified [37], but [235] ye are justified [1344] in [1722] the name [3686] of the Lord [2962] Jesus [2424], and [2532] by [1722] the Spirit [4151] of our [2257] God [2316].

²³ Search [02713] me, O God [0410], and know [03045] my heart [03824]: try [0974] me, and know [03045] my thoughts [08312]:
²⁴ And see [07200] if there be any wicked [06090] way [01870] in me, and lead [05148] me in the way [01870] everlasting [05769].

³ Thou shalt eat [0398] no leavened bread [02557] with it; seven [07651] days [03117] shalt thou eat [0398] unleavened bread [04682] therewith, even the bread [03899] of affliction [06040]; for thou camest forth [03318] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] in haste [02649]: that thou mayest remember [02142] the day [03117] when thou camest forth [03318] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] all the days [03117] of thy life [02416].
⁴ And there shall be no leavened bread [07603] seen [07200] with thee in all thy coast [01366] seven [07651] days [03117]; neither shall there any thing of the flesh [01320], which thou sacrificedst [02076] the first [07223] day [03117] at even [06153], remain [03885] all night until the morning [01242].

²² That ye [5209] put off [659] concerning [2596] the former [4387] conversation [391] the old [3820] man [444], which [3588] is corrupt [5351] according [2596] to the deceitful [539] lusts [1939];
²³ And [1161] be renewed [365] in the spirit [4151] of your [5216] mind [3563];
²⁴ And [2532] that ye put on [1746] the new [2537] man [444], which [3588] after [2596] God [2316] is created [2936] in [1722] righteousness [1343] and [2532] true [225] holiness [3742].

²⁵ Whom [3739] God [2316] hath set forth [4388] to be a propitiation [2435] through [1223] faith [4102] in [1722] his [846] blood [129], to [1519] declare [1732] his [846] righteousness [1343] for [1223] the remission [3929] of sins [265] that are past [4266], through [1722] the forbearance [463] of God [2316];

¹⁵ Then they killed [07819] the passover [06453] on the fourteenth [0702] [06240] day of the second [08145] month [02320]: and the priests [03548] and the Levites [03881] were ashamed [03637], and sanctified [06942] themselves, and brought in [0935] the burnt offerings [05930] into the house [01004] of the LORD [03068].
¹⁶ And they stood [05975] in their place [05977] after their manner [04941], according to the law [08451] of Moses [04872] the man [0376] of God [0430]: the priests [03548] sprinkled [02236] the blood [01818], which they received of the hand [03027] of the Levites [03881].

²⁵ Thou shalt not offer [07819] the blood [01818] of my sacrifice [02077] with leaven [02557]; neither shall the sacrifice [02077] of the feast [02282] of the passover [06453] be left [03885] unto the morning [01242].

¹⁸ Thou shalt not offer [02076] the blood [01818] of my sacrifice [02077] with leavened bread [02557]; neither shall the fat [02459] of my sacrifice [02282] remain [03885] until the morning [01242].

⁷ And [1161] I heard [191] a voice [5456] saying [3004] unto me [3427], Arise [450], Peter [4074]; slay [2380] and [2532] eat [5315].

¹³ And [2532] there came [1096] a voice [5456] to [4314] him [846], Rise [450], Peter [4074]; kill [2380], and [2532] eat [5315].

¹⁰ The thief [2812] cometh [2064] not [3756], but [1508] for to [2443] steal [2813], and [2532] to kill [2380], and [2532] to destroy [622]: I [1473] am come [2064] that [2443] they might have [2192] life [2222], and [2532] that they might have [2192] it more abundantly [4053].

³⁰ But [1161] as soon as [3753] this [3778] thy [4675] son [5207] was come [2064], which [3588] hath devoured [2719] thy [4675] living [979] with [3326] harlots [4204], thou hast killed [2380] for him [846] the fatted [4618] calf [3448].

²⁷ And [1161] he said [2036] unto him [846], [3754] Thy [4675] brother [80] is come [2240]; and [2532] thy [4675] father [3962] hath killed [2380] the fatted [4618] calf [3448], because [3754] he hath received [618] him [846] safe and sound [5198].

²³ And [2532] bring hither [5342] the fatted [4618] calf [3448], and kill [2380] it; and [2532] let us eat [5315], and be merry [2165]:

⁴ Again [3825], he sent forth [649] other [243] servants [1401], saying [3004], Tell [2036] them which are bidden [2564], Behold [2400], I have prepared [2090] my [3450] dinner [712]: my [3450] oxen [5022] and [2532] my fatlings [4619] are killed [2380], and [2532] all things [3956] are ready [2092]: come [1205] unto [1519] the marriage [1062].

²² So they killed [07819] the bullocks [01241], and the priests [03548] received [06901] the blood [01818], and sprinkled [02236] it on the altar [04196]: likewise, when they had killed [07819] the rams [0352], they sprinkled [02236] the blood [01818] upon the altar [04196]: they killed [07819] also the lambs [03532], and they sprinkled [02236] the blood [01818] upon the altar [04196].

⁷ And they slew [07819] the sons [01121] of Zedekiah [06667] before his eyes [05869], and put out [05786] the eyes [05869] of Zedekiah [06667], and bound [0631] him with fetters [05178] of brass [05178], and carried [0935] him to Babylon [0894].

¹⁹ And Hadad [01908] found [04672] great [03966] favour [02580] in the sight [05869] of Pharaoh [06547], so that he gave [05414] him to wife [0802] the sister [0269] of his own wife [0802], the sister [0269] of Tahpenes [08472] the queen [01377].

¹⁶ And also concerning Maachah [04601] the mother [0517] of Asa [0609] the king [04428], he removed [05493] her from being queen [01377], because she had made [06213] an idol [04656] in a grove [0842]: and Asa [0609] cut down [03772] her idol [04656], and stamped [01854] it, and burnt [08313] it at the brook [05158] Kidron [06939].

²⁴ An altar [04196] of earth [0127] thou shalt make [06213] unto me, and shalt sacrifice [02076] thereon thy burnt offerings [05930], and thy peace offerings [08002], thy sheep [06629], and thine oxen [01241]: in all places [04725] where I record [02142] my name [08034] I will come [0935] unto thee, and I will bless [01288] thee.

¹⁵ And it came to pass, when Pharaoh [06547] would hardly [07185] let us go [07971], that the LORD [03068] slew [02026] all the firstborn [01060] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], both the firstborn [01060] of man [0120], and the firstborn [01060] of beast [0929]: therefore I sacrifice [02076] to the LORD [03068] all that openeth [06363] the matrix [07358], being males [02145]; but all the firstborn [01060] of my children [01121] I redeem [06299].

²⁵ And Pharaoh [06547] called [07121] for [0413] Moses [04872] and for Aaron [0175], and said [0559], Go [03212] ye, sacrifice [02076] to your God [0430] in the land [0776].
²⁶ And Moses [04872] said [0559], It is not meet [03559] so to do [06213]; for [02005] we shall sacrifice [02076] the abomination [08441] of the Egyptians [04714] to the LORD [03068] our God [0430]: lo, shall we sacrifice [02076] the abomination [08441] of the Egyptians [04714] before their eyes [05869], and will they not stone [05619] us?
²⁷ We will go [03212] three [07969] days [03117]' journey [01870] into the wilderness [04057], and sacrifice [02076] to the LORD [03068] our God [0430], as he shall command [0559] us.
²⁸ And Pharaoh [06547] said [0559], I will let you go [07971], that ye may sacrifice [02076] to the LORD [03068] your God [0430] in the wilderness [04057]; only ye shall not go [03212] very [07368] far away [07368]: intreat [06279] for me [01157].
²⁹ And Moses [04872] said [0559], Behold, I go out [03318] from thee, and I will intreat [06279] the LORD [03068] that the swarms [06157] of flies may depart [05493] from Pharaoh [06547], from his servants [05650], and from his people [05971], to morrow [04279]: but [07535] let not Pharaoh [06547] deal deceitfully [02048] any more [03254] in not [01115] letting the people [05971] go [07971] to sacrifice [02076] to the LORD [03068].

⁸ Then Pharaoh [06547] called [07121] for Moses [04872] and Aaron [0175], and said [0559], Intreat [06279] the LORD [03068], that he may take away [05493] the frogs [06854] from me, and from my people [05971]; and I will let the people [05971] go [07971], that they may do sacrifice [02076] unto the LORD [03068].

¹⁷ But he said [0559], Ye are idle [07503], ye are idle [07503]: therefore ye say [0559], Let us go [03212] and do sacrifice [02076] to the LORD [03068].

⁸ And the tale [04971] of the bricks [03843], which they did make [06213] heretofore [08032] [08543], ye shall lay [07760] upon them; ye shall not diminish [01639] ought thereof: for they be idle [07503]; therefore they cry [06817], saying [0559], Let us go [03212] and sacrifice [02076] to our God [0430].

³ And they said [0559], The God [0430] of the Hebrews [05680] hath met [07122] with us: let us go [03212], we pray thee, three [07969] days [03117]' journey [01870] into the desert [04057], and sacrifice [02076] unto the LORD [03068] our God [0430]; lest he fall [06293] upon us with pestilence [01698], or with the sword [02719].

¹⁸ And they shall hearken [08085] to thy voice [06963]: and thou shalt come [0935], thou and the elders [02205] of Israel [03478], unto the king [04428] of Egypt [04714], and ye shall say [0559] unto him, The LORD [03068] God [0430] of the Hebrews [05680] hath met [07136] with us: and now let us go [03212], we beseech thee, three [07969] days [03117]' journey [01870] into the wilderness [04057], that we may sacrifice [02076] to the LORD [03068] our God [0430].

¹ Then Joseph [03130] could [03201] not refrain [0662] himself before all them that stood [05324] by him; and he cried [07121], Cause [03318] every man [0376] to go out [03318] from me. And there stood [05975] no man [0376] with him, while Joseph [03130] made himself known [03045] unto his brethren [0251].

⁵⁴ Then Jacob [03290] offered [02076] sacrifice [02077] upon the mount [02022], and called [07121] his brethren [0251] to eat [0398] bread [03899]: and they did eat [0398] bread [03899], and tarried all night [03885] in the mount [02022].

²⁰ But [235] I say, that [3754] the things which [3739] the Gentiles [1484] sacrifice [2380], they sacrifice [2380] to devils [1140], and [2532] not [3756] to God [2316]: and [1161] I would [2309] not [3756] that ye [5209] should have [1096] fellowship [2844] with devils [1140].

¹⁸ And [2532] with these [5023] sayings [3004] scarce [3433] restrained they [2664] the people [3793], that they had [2380] not [3361] done sacrifice [2380] unto them [846].

¹³ Then [1161] the priest [2409] of Jupiter [2203], which [3588] was [5607] before [4253] their [846] city [4172], brought [5342] oxen [5022] and [2532] garlands [4725] unto [1909] the gates [4440], and would [2309] have done sacrifice [2380] with [4862] the people [3793].

¹² Saying [3004] with a loud [3173] voice [5456], Worthy [514] is [2076] the Lamb [721] that was slain [4969] to receive [2983] power [1411], and [2532] riches [4149], and [2532] wisdom [4678], and [2532] strength [2479], and [2532] honour [5092], and [2532] glory [1391], and [2532] blessing [2129].

⁶ And [2532] I beheld [1492], and [2532], lo [2400], in [1722] the midst [3319] of the throne [2362] and [2532] of the four [5064] beasts [2226], and [2532] in [1722] the midst [3319] of the elders [4245], stood [2476] a Lamb [721] as [5613] it had been slain [4969], having [2192] seven [2033] horns [2768] and [2532] seven [2033] eyes [3788], which [3739] are [1526] the seven [2033] Spirits [4151] of God [2316] sent forth [649] into [1519] all [3956] the earth [1093].

¹⁹ But [235] with the precious [5093] blood [129] of Christ [5547], as [5613] of a lamb [286] without blemish [299] and [2532] without spot [784]:

⁷ He was oppressed [05065], and he was afflicted [06031], yet he opened [06605] not his mouth [06310]: he is brought [02986] as a lamb [07716] to the slaughter [02874], and as a sheep [07353] before [06440] her shearers [01494] is dumb [0481], so he openeth [06605] not his mouth [06310].

⁷ Then [1161] came [2064] the day [2250] of unleavened bread [106], when [1722] [3739] the passover [3957] must [1163] be killed [2380].

¹² And [2532] the first [4413] day [2250] of unleavened bread [106], when [3753] they killed [2380] the passover [3957], his [846] disciples [3101] said [3004] unto him [846], Where [4226] wilt thou [2309] that we go [565] and prepare [2090] that [2443] thou mayest eat [5315] the passover [3957]?

²⁹ But [1161] I say [3004] unto you [5213], I will [4095] not [3754] [3364] drink [4095] henceforth [575] [737] of [1537] this [5127] fruit [1081] of the vine [288], until [2193] that [1565] day [2250] when [3752] I drink [4095] it [846] new [2537] with [3326] you [5216] in [1722] my [3450] Father's [3962] kingdom [932].

⁷ Unleavened bread [04682] shall be eaten [0398] seven [07651] days [03117]; and there shall no leavened bread [02557] be seen [07200] with thee, neither shall there be leaven [07603] seen [07200] with thee in all thy quarters [01366].

¹⁹ Seven [07651] days [03117] shall there be no leaven [07603] found [04672] in your houses [01004]: for whosoever eateth [0398] that which is leavened [02556], even that soul [05315] shall be cut off [03772] from the congregation [05712] of Israel [03478], whether he be a stranger [01616], or born [0249] in the land [0776].

⁶ Your [5216] glorying [2745] is not [3756] good [2570]. Know ye [1492] not [3756] that [3754] a little [3398] leaven [2219] leaveneth [2220] the whole [3650] lump [5445]?

¹¹ But [1161] now [3570] I have written [1125] unto you [5213] not [3361] to keep company [4874], if [1437] any man [5100] that is called [3687] a brother [80] be [2228] a fornicator [4205], or [2228] covetous [4123], or [2228] an idolater [1496], or [2228] a railer [3060], or [2228] a drunkard [3183], or [2228] an extortioner [727]; with such an one [5108] no not [3366] to eat [4906].

²⁷ That ye shall say [0559], It is the sacrifice [02077] of the LORD'S [03068] passover [06453], who passed [06452] over the houses [01004] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] in Egypt [04714], when he smote [05062] the Egyptians [04714], and delivered [05337] our houses [01004]. And the people [05971] bowed the head [06915] and worshipped [07812].

⁸ And they shall eat [0398] the flesh [01320] in that night [03915], roast [06748] with fire [0784], and unleavened bread [04682]; and with bitter [04844] herbs they shall eat [0398] it.
⁹ Eat [0398] not of it raw [04995], nor sodden [01310] [01311] at all with water [04325], but roast [06748] with fire [0784]; his head [07218] with his legs [03767], and with the purtenance [07130] thereof.
¹⁰ And ye shall let nothing of it remain [03498] until the morning [01242]; and that which remaineth [03498] of it until the morning [01242] ye shall burn [08313] with fire [0784].
¹¹ And thus [03602] shall ye eat [0398] it; with your loins [04975] girded [02296], your shoes [05275] on your feet [07272], and your staff [04731] in your hand [03027]; and ye shall eat [0398] it in haste [02649]: it is the LORD'S [03068] passover [06453].
¹² For I will pass [05674] through the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] this night [03915], and will smite [05221] all the firstborn [01060] in the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], both man [0120] and beast [0929]; and against all the gods [0430] of Egypt [04714] I will execute [06213] judgment [08201]: I am the LORD [03068].
¹³ And the blood [01818] shall be to you for a token [0226] upon the houses [01004] where ye are: and when I see [07200] the blood [01818], I will pass [06452] over you, and the plague [05063] shall not be upon you to destroy [04889] you, when I smite [05221] the land [0776] of Egypt [04714].
¹⁴ And this day [03117] shall be unto you for a memorial [02146]; and ye shall keep [02287] it a feast [02282] to the LORD [03068] throughout your generations [01755]; ye shall keep it a feast [02287] by an ordinance [02708] for ever [05769].
¹⁵ Seven [07651] days [03117] shall ye eat [0398] unleavened bread [04682]; even [0389] the first [07223] day [03117] ye shall put away [07673] leaven [07603] out of your houses [01004]: for whosoever eateth [0398] leavened bread [02557] from the first [07223] day [03117] until the seventh [07637] day [03117], that soul [05315] shall be cut [03772] off from Israel [03478].
¹⁶ And in the first [07223] day [03117] there shall be an holy [06944] convocation [04744], and in the seventh [07637] day [03117] there shall be an holy [06944] convocation [04744] to you; no manner of work [04399] shall be done [06213] in them, save [0389] that which every man [05315] must eat [0398], that only may be done [06213] of you.
¹⁷ And ye shall observe [08104] the feast of unleavened bread [04682]; for in this selfsame [06106] day [03117] have I brought [03318] your armies [06635] out of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714]: therefore shall ye observe [08104] this day [03117] in your generations [01755] by an ordinance [02708] for ever [05769].
¹⁸ In the first [07223] month, on the fourteenth [06240] [0702] day [03117] of the month [02320] at even [06153], ye shall eat [0398] unleavened bread [04682], until the one [0259] and twentieth [06242] day [03117] of the month [02320] at even [06153].
¹⁹ Seven [07651] days [03117] shall there be no leaven [07603] found [04672] in your houses [01004]: for whosoever eateth [0398] that which is leavened [02556], even that soul [05315] shall be cut off [03772] from the congregation [05712] of Israel [03478], whether he be a stranger [01616], or born [0249] in the land [0776].