Exodus 12:19

12:19 For seven days ¹  yeast must not be found in your houses, for whoever eats what is made with yeast – that person ²  will be cut off from the community of Israel, whether a foreigner ³  or one born in the land.

Exodus 34:18

34:18 “You must keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread. For seven days ⁴  you must eat bread made without yeast, as I commanded you; do this ⁵  at the appointed time of the month Abib, for in the month Abib you came out of Egypt.

[12:19]  ¹ tn “Seven days” is an adverbial accusative of time (see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 12, §56).

[12:19]  ² tn The term is נֶפֶשׁ (nefesh), often translated “soul.” It refers to the whole person, the soul within the body. The noun is feminine, agreeing with the feminine verb “be cut off.”

[12:19]  ³ tn Or “alien”; or “stranger.”

[34:18]  ⁴ tn This is an adverbial accusative of time.

[34:18]  ⁵ tn The words “do this” have been supplied.