And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
They departed at once without delay, knowing Pharaoh's mind would not hold. From seventy souls in two centuries arose this vast multitude, a blessing from God commanding fruitfulness. The mixed rabble who followed, however, proved a snare to them and likely abandoned Israel when they learned of forty years in the wilderness.
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Commenting on Exodus 12:37-42
The ordinance of the Passover is established as the law, and here we see who may eat it: no stranger, no one from another country entirely outside the Jewish religion and ignorant of it, shall have any part in this meal.
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Seven days of unleavened bread commemorates Israel's hurried departure, when they had no time to leaven their dough. The Jews searched every corner with a candle to remove leaven from their houses. One who eats leaven during those days is cut off from the community and its privileges.
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Commenting on Exodus 12:15-51