the vessel in which the dough, after being mixed and leavened, was left to swell or ferment (Ex 8:3; 12:34; De 28:5,7). The dough in the vessels at the time of the Exodus was still unleavened, because the people were compelled to withdraw in haste.
"The Nile will swarm with frogs, which will come up and go into your house and into your bedroom and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and on your people, and into your ovens and into your kneading bowls.
So the people took their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls bound up in the clothes on their shoulders.
"Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
"The LORD shall cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you; they will come out against you one way and will flee before you seven ways.
"The Nile will swarm with frogs, which will come up and go into your house and into your bedroom and on your bed, and into the houses of your servants and on your people, and into your ovens and into your kneading bowls.
So the people took their dough before it was leavened, with their kneading bowls bound up in the clothes on their shoulders.
"Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
"Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
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