The feast of unleavened bread shalt thou keep. Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, as I commanded thee, in the time of the month Abib: for in the month Abib thou camest out from Egypt.
Ver. 18. In the month Abib.] So called from the new fruits, or ears of corn, then first appearing. See Exodus 12:1; Exodus 13:4. God here repeateth divers laws. It was a token of reconciliation to the people after their apostasy, in that he treats with them again, after their repentance, about his solemn worships. So, for a testimony of his reconciliation to Peter after his foul fall, he sets him to work in the ministry. Joh 21:15 So he commendeth his spouse afresh, after her drowsy decays, every whir as amiable as she was before her fall. Song of Solomon 6:5 ; Son 5:10-16