Exodus 12:18-20

Amplified Bible, Classic Edition

¹⁸ In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at evening, you shall eat unleavened bread [and continue] until the twenty-first day of the month at evening.

¹⁹ Seven days no leaven [symbolic of corruption] shall be found in your houses; whoever eats what is leavened shall be excluded from the congregation of Israel, whether a stranger or native-born.^(A)

²⁰ You shall eat nothing leavened; in all your dwellings you shall eat unleavened bread [during that week].