The Feasts and Holy Days of God Lesson 2
The Feasts and Holy Days of God Lesson 2 Feast of Unleavened Bread Leviticus 23:6-8 And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread. In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein. The Feast of Unleavened Bread Foreshadow To the Jews This feast is called Chag Hamatzot. It takes place on the day following Passover, Nisan the 15th and is kept for the next 7 days. For 7 days the Hebrews would eat only unleavened bread in remembrance of their coming out of Egypt. When the Israelites came out of Egypt it was only with flat bread, for the leaven, the yeast, had been cleaned from their houses. The flat bread or matzah was all they had for their journey. The leaven was a representation of the ol...
