Exodus 23:15

23:15 You are to observe the Feast of Unleavened Bread; seven days ¹  you must eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you, at the appointed time of the month of Abib, for at that time ²  you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before ³  me empty-handed.

Deuteronomy 16:16

16:16 Three times a year all your males must appear before the Lord your God in the place he chooses for the Festival of Unleavened Bread, the Festival of Weeks, and the Festival of Temporary Shelters; and they must not appear before him ⁴  empty-handed.

Deuteronomy 16:1

The Passover-Unleavened Bread Festival

16:1 Observe the month Abib ⁵  and keep the Passover to the Lord your God, for in that month ⁶  he ⁷  brought you out of Egypt by night.

Deuteronomy 9:7-8

The History of Israel’s Stubbornness

9:7 Remember – don’t ever forget ⁸  – how you provoked the Lord your God in the desert; from the time you left the land of Egypt until you came to this place you were constantly rebelling against him. ⁹  9:8 At Horeb you provoked him and he was angry enough with you to destroy you.

Deuteronomy 9:2

9:2 They include the Anakites, ¹⁰  a numerous ¹¹  and tall people whom you know about and of whom it is said, “Who is able to resist the Anakites?”

Deuteronomy 24:1

24:1 If a man marries a woman and she does not please him because he has found something offensive ¹²  in her, then he may draw up a divorce document, give it to her, and evict her from his house.

¹ tn This is an adverbial accusative of time.

² tn Heb “in it.”

³ tn The verb is a Niphal imperfect; the nuance of permission works well here – no one is permitted to appear before God empty (Heb “and they will not appear before me empty”).

⁴ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

⁵ sn The month Abib, later called Nisan (Neh 2:1; Esth 3:7), corresponds to March-April in the modern calendar.

⁶ tn Heb “in the month Abib.” The demonstrative “that” has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons.

⁷ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

⁸ tn By juxtaposing the positive זְכֹר (zekhor, “remember”) with the negative אַל־תִּשְׁכַּח (’al-tishÿkakh, “do not forget”), Moses makes a most emphatic plea.

⁹ tn Heb “the Lord” (likewise in the following verse with both “him” and “he”). See note on “he” in 9:3.

¹⁰ sn Anakites. See note on this term in Deut 1:28.

¹¹ tn Heb “great and tall.” Many English versions understand this to refer to physical size or strength rather than numbers (cf. “strong,” NIV, NCV, NRSV, NLT).

¹² tn Heb “nakedness of a thing.” The Hebrew phrase עֶרְוַת דָּבָר (’ervat davar) refers here to some gross sexual impropriety (see note on “indecent” in Deut 23:14). Though the term usually has to do only with indecent exposure of the genitals, it can also include such behavior as adultery (cf. Lev 18:6-18; 20:11, 17, 20-21; Ezek 22:10; 23:29; Hos 2:10).