Thou shalt keepe the feast] Chap. 13. 3. &34. 18. of unleavened bread] That is, the Passeover, or Easter, in remembrance that the Angel passed over the dwellings of the Israelites, sparing them, when he shew the first-borne of the Egyptians, Deuteronomy 16:16. and the Israelites went out in hast, not staying the leasure of leavened bread. in the time appointed] That is, the time when (in Egypt, and in the Land of Chanaan) the Barley harvest afforded full and ripe eares, for an oblation to the Lord. emptie] Coming to the Tabernacle, or Temple, (at the Feast of Easter, Pentecost, and of Tabernacles) none must come without an oblation; partly for sacrifice to God, and partly for provision for the Levites: and thus it was a dutie laid downe by Law, yet for the particular oblation it was a free-will offering, Deuteronomy 16:10. wherein the offerer was free to make the proportion of his gift.