Deuteronomy 16:3

Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, even the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.

Cross-references

Exodus 12:14 institutes the Passover as a memorial feast — the very purpose Deuteronomy 16:3 reiterates: to remember the exodus day forever.

1 Corinthians 11:24-26 establishes the Lord's Supper as a new covenant memorial, linking to the Passover remembrance.

Luke 22:19 Typology

Luke 22:19 redefines the memorial bread as Christ's body, fulfilling the Passover remembrance command.

Numbers 28:17 commands seven days of unleavened bread for the feast, identical to the instruction here.

Numbers 9:11 specifies eating the Passover with unleavened bread, reinforcing the same requirement for the memorial meal.

Leviticus 23:6 designates the Feast of Unleavened Bread with seven days of unleavened bread, matching this command.

Exodus 34:18 restates the Feast of Unleavened Bread command, linking it to the month of Abib as here.

Exodus 13:7-9 commands the same seven-day unleavened bread and its memorial purpose, reinforcing this law.

Exodus 13:3-7 gives the same seven-day unleavened bread command with the Exodus context, directly paralleling this verse.

Exodus 12:39 Historical context

Exodus 12:39 explains why unleavened bread is called 'bread of affliction'—they left Egypt in haste, unable to leaven dough.

Exodus 12:33 Historical context

Exodus 12:33 explicitly states the Egyptians urged Israel to leave 'in haste' — the same Hebrew root Deuteronomy 16:3 uses for the bread of affliction.

Exodus 12:27 Historical context

Exodus 12:27 explains the Passover as the Lord passing over, the event remembered by eating unleavened bread here.

Exodus 12:26 anticipates children asking the meaning of the Passover — the same festival context where Deuteronomy 16:3 explains the unleavened bread symbol.

Exodus 12:20 repeats the command to eat only unleavened bread, reinforcing the identical requirement from the Exodus account.

Exodus 12:19 commands removal of leaven for seven days—the same law reiterated here for the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

Exodus 12:15 commands seven days of unleavened bread, directly parallel to the instruction in the main verse.

Exodus 13:10 commands keeping this statute annually, reinforcing the yearly observance required here.

Exodus 34:25 prohibits leaven with the Passover sacrifice, complementing the command here to eat unleavened bread.

2 Chronicles 35:17 Historical context

2 Chronicles 35:17 records a later observance of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, illustrating this command in practice.

Exodus 12:8 Parallel

Exodus 12:8 describes the original Passover meal with unleavened bread, the same practice commanded here.

In 1 Corinthians 5:8, Paul applies the unleavened bread metaphor to moral purity—a spiritual parallel to the physical command.

Isaiah 30:20 uses the same 'bread of affliction' phrase to describe God's discipline, echoing the Exodus remembrance language here.