The Meaning of Exodus 34:25 Explained

Exodus 34:25

KJV: 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.

YLT: 'Thou dost not slaughter with a fermented thing the blood of My sacrifice; and the sacrifice of the feast of the passover doth not remain till morning:

Darby: Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left over night until the morning.

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Exodus 34:25 Mean?

Context Summary

Exodus 34:18-35 - Moses Brings The Renewed Tables Of The Law
For forty days, with no sustenance from bread or water, Moses abode on the Mount-absorbed with a passion of love and awe-not counting the hours which passed like a dream. He talked with God as a man face to face with His friend; but he was completely unaware of the marvelous transformation which this holy intercourse was effecting. At God's dictation he wrote out the covenant, as we have it in this Book, and finally God gave him the two tables of stone, on which He had imprinted His autograph.
With these in his hand Moses descended to the plain, unconscious that his face shone. See 2 Corinthians 3:18, r.v. The Apostle urges that we, as Christians, should first behold, and then reflect the glory of Jesus. We must be mirrors, for the purpose of shedding His light among our fellow-men; and in the effort to do this we shall become transfigured into His glorious beauty from one degree to another. The crowning glory of that transfiguration will be our unconsciousness: "He wist not." [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 34

1  The tablets are replaced
5  The name of the Lord proclaimed
8  Moses entreats God to go with them
10  God makes a covenant with them, repeating certain duties
28  Moses after forty days on the mount, comes down with the tablets
29  His face is radiant, and he covers it with a veil

What do the individual words in Exodus 34:25 mean?

Not You shall offer with leaven the blood of My sacrifice nor shall be left until morning the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover
לֹֽא־ תִשְׁחַ֥ט עַל־ חָמֵ֖ץ דַּם־ זִבְחִ֑י וְלֹא־ יָלִ֣ין לַבֹּ֔קֶר זֶ֖בַח חַ֥ג הַפָּֽסַח

תִשְׁחַ֥ט  You  shall  offer 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: שָׁחַט 
Sense: to kill, slaughter, beat.
חָמֵ֖ץ  leaven 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חָמֵץ 
Sense: the thing leavened, leaven.
דַּם־  the  blood 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: דָּם  
Sense: blood.
זִבְחִ֑י  of  My  sacrifice 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, first person common singular
Root: זֶבַח  
Sense: sacrifice.
וְלֹא־  nor 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יָלִ֣ין  shall  be  left 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: לוּן 
Sense: to lodge, stop over, pass the night, abide.
לַבֹּ֔קֶר  until  morning 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בֹּקֶר 
Sense: morning, break of day.
זֶ֖בַח  the  sacrifice 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: זֶבַח  
Sense: sacrifice.
חַ֥ג  of  the  Feast 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: חַג  
Sense: festival, feast, festival-gathering, pilgrim-feast.
הַפָּֽסַח  of  the  Passover 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֶּסַח  
Sense: passover.