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Unleavened Bread

(Heb. massa, "sweet"; Gk. 'azumos). Bread baked from unfermented dough, or (NIV) without yeast (Gen 19:3; Judg 6:19; 1 Sam 28:24).

This was formally presented for the Paschal (Passover) cakes (Ex 12:8,15,20; 13:3,6-7) and thus became a symbol of the festival popularly called "the feast of unleavened bread ."