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חָמֵץ (hames)

חָמֵץ (hames) (Hebrew Lexicon • H2557 • leaven, fermented dough, corruption): leaven, fermented dough, corruption. Leaven, fermented bread; forbidden in altar grain offerings and during Passover as emblem of spreading corruption. It is closely linked with מַצָּה (massa) (Hebrew Lexicon • H4682 • unleavened bread, purity): unleavened bread, purity. Unleavened bread eaten during Passover week, signifying hasty departure from Egypt and moral sincerity free from corrupting leaven.

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Galatians 5:9 : "A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump."; 1 Corinthians 5:6 : "Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?"; Luke 13:21 : "It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.". Related canonical books and chapters: Acts 12 ( Acts • Chapter 12 (25 verses)), Luke 12 ( Luke • Chapter 12 (59 verses)), Luke 22 ( Luke • Chapter 22 (71 verses)).

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Topics, People & Places (24)

Elephantine Passover Papyrus — Jewish Colony in Egypt (419 BCE)
IMAGE • archaeology

Aramaic letter instructing the Jewish garrison at Elephantine on the observance of the Feast of Unleavened Bread.

Ancient Near Eastern Scribes and Stonemasons • The British Museum / Israel Antiquities Authority CC-BY-SA 4.0
Acts 12
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Acts • Chapter 12 (25 verses)

Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church. And he killed James the brother of John with the sword. And because he saw it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also. (Then were the days of unleavened bread.) Mentions: James ( Jacob ), Mary , Saul , Caesarea , Tyre , Sidon , Jerusalem .

Luke 12
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Luke • Chapter 12 (59 verses)

In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered, that sha... Mentions: Solomon .

Luke 22
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Luke • Chapter 22 (71 verses)

Now the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover . And the chief priests and scribes sought how they might kill him; for they feared the people. Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. Mentions: Judas , Jacob/Israel , Simon , Yeshua the Messiah .

Mark 14
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Mark • Chapter 14 (72 verses)

After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. And being in Bethany in the hous... Mentions: Simon , Yeshua the Messiah , Judas , James ( Jacob ), Bethany 1 , Galilee , Gethsemane , Nazareth .

Exodus 29
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Exodus • Chapter 29 (46 verses)

And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, And unleavened bread, and cakes unleavened tempered with oil, and wafers unleavened anointed with oil: of wheaten f... Mentions: Aaron , Jacob/Israel , Egypt .

Leviticus 8
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Leviticus • Chapter 8 (36 verses)

And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread; And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of t... Mentions: Moses , Aaron .

1 Corinthians 5
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1 Corinthians • Chapter 5 (13 verses)

It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's wife. And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from am... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

Acts 20
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Acts • Chapter 20 (38 verses)

And after the uproar was ceased, Paul called unto him the disciples, and embraced them, and departed for to go into Macedonia . And when he had gone over those parts, and had given them much exhortation, he came into Greece , And there abode three months. And when the Jews laid wai... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Macedonia , Greece , Syria , Asia , Berea .

Galatians 5
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Galatians • Chapter 5 (26 verses)

Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage. Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing. For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah.

Matthew 16
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Matthew • Chapter 16 (28 verses)

The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sk... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Simon , Caesarea Philippi , Jerusalem .

Matthew 26
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Matthew • Chapter 26 (75 verses)

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Simon , Judas , Bethany 1 , Galilee , Gethsemane , Nazareth .

Amos 4
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Amos • Chapter 4 (13 verses)

Hear this word, ye kine of Bashan , that are in the mountain of Samaria , which oppress the poor, which crush the needy, which say to their masters, Bring, and let us drink. The Lord God hath sworn by his holiness, that, lo, the days shall come upon you, that he will take you away ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Bashan , Samaria , Gilgal 1 , Egypt , Sodom .

Deuteronomy 16
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Deuteronomy • Chapter 16 (22 verses)

Observe the month of Abib, and keep the passover unto the Lord thy God: for in the month of Abib the Lord thy God brought thee forth out of Egypt by night. Thou shalt therefore sacrifice the passover unto the Lord thy God, of the flock and the herd, in the place which the Lord sh... Mentions: Egypt .

Exodus 12
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Exodus • Chapter 12 (51 verses)

And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt , saying, This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel , saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them... Mentions: Moses , Aaron , Jacob/Israel , Egypt , Rameses , Succoth 1 .

Exodus 13
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Exodus • Chapter 13 (22 verses)

And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel , both of man and of beast: it is mine. And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt , out of the house of bonda... Mentions: Moses, Jacob/Israel , Joseph , Egypt , Succoth 1 , Etham .

Genesis 19
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Genesis • Chapter 19 (38 verses)

And there came two angels to Sodom at even; and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom : and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them; and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground; And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, an... Mentions: Lot, Abram/Abraham , Moab , Moabites , Ammon , Sodom, Zoar , Gomorrah .

Hosea 7
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Hosea • Chapter 7 (16 verses)

When I would have healed Israel , then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria : for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without. And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: ... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Ephraim , Samaria , Egypt , Assyria .

Leviticus 2
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Leviticus • Chapter 2 (16 verses)

And when any will offer a grain offering unto the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: And he shall bring it to Aaron 's sons the priests: and he shall take thereout his handful of the flour thereof, and of the oil... Mentions: Aaron .

Leviticus 7
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Leviticus • Chapter 7 (38 verses)

Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy. In the place where they kill the burnt offering shall they kill the trespass offering: and the blood thereof shall he sprinkle round about upon the altar. And he shall offer of it all the fat thereof; the rump, a... Mentions: Aaron , Moses , Jacob/Israel , Sinai .

Leviticus 23
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Leviticus • Chapter 23 (44 verses)

And the Lord spake unto Moses , saying, Speak unto the children of Israel , and say unto them, Concerning the feasts of the Lord, which ye shall proclaim to be holy convocations, even these are my feasts. Six days shall work be done: but the seventh day is the sabbath of rest, an h... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Egypt .

Numbers 9
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Numbers • Chapter 9 (23 verses)

And the Lord spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai , in the first month of the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt , saying, Let the children of Israel also keep the passover at his appointed season. In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall... Mentions: Moses , Jacob/Israel , Aaron , Sinai , Egypt .

Scripture Passages (24)

A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.

Your glorying is not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?

It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the leaven of Herod.

Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.

Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.

Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

No grain offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lord, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord made by fire.

Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel , whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.

Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; even the first day ye shall put away leaven out of your houses: for whosoever eateth leavened bread from the first day until the seventh day, that soul shall be cut off from Israel .

Ye shall eat nothing leavened; in all your habitations shall ye eat unleavened bread.

Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

Luke 12:1 (KJV)
Luke 12 KJV

In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.

And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneadingtroughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders.

Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.

They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.

Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.

Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:

And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim and publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel , saith the Lord God.

How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?

Ye shall bring out of your habitations two wave loaves of two tenth deals: they shall be of fine flour; they shall be baken with leaven; they are the firstfruits unto the Lord.

It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.

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