You shall therefore keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.
God claims the firstborn by right of protection, as He claimed them when He spared them in Egypt. We must present what is dearest to us to Him first, and receive it back only by His mercy; the firstborn are the joy of families, yet they belong to God before they belong to us. By this dedication we show that we love Him better than we love ourselves.
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Commenting on Exodus 13:1-10
The ordinance of unleavened bread must be kept at its appointed season, year after year, as long as it remains in force, that is, until the coming of the Messiah. The text means either that the feast returns yearly, or that the seven days of it run consecutively, day after day.
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That day gave Israel a national existence and freedom worth remembering with devout gratitude forever. God wrung their liberty from Egypt's tyrant by fearful judgment; it was never merely granted, but taken by His strength of hand. The haste of their deliverance left no time for leavened bread.
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Commenting on Exodus 13:3-10