Exodus 13:3–10

Then Moses said to the people, “Commemorate this day, the day you came out of Egypt,^b out of the land of slavery, because the Lord brought you out of it with a mighty hand.^c Eat nothing containing yeast.^d Today, in the month of Aviv,^e you are leaving. When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites,^f Hittites, Amorites, Hivites and Jebusites^g—the land he swore to your ancestors to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey^h—you are to observe this ceremonyⁱ in this month: For seven days eat bread made without yeast and on the seventh day hold a festival^j to the Lord. Eat unleavened bread during those seven days; nothing with yeast in it is to be seen among you, nor shall any yeast be seen anywhere within your borders. On that day tell your children,^k ‘I do this because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand^l and a reminder on your forehead^m that this law of the Lord is to be on your lips. For the Lord brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand.ⁿ You must keep this ordinance^o at the appointed time^p year after year.