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Exodus 12:8
They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God issues instructions to the Israelites through Moses regarding the preparation of the first Passover meal during their imminent departure from Egypt.
The words — The Hebrew `צְלִי־` (tze.li-) translates literally to "roasted of," while `וּ/מַצּ֔וֹת` (u./ma.Tzot) means "and/ unleavened bread<s>." These terms specify the required cooking method and accompanying food for the meal.
The thread — This directive recurs in Exodus 34:25 regarding leaven restrictions, Deuteronomy 16:7 on roasting the sacrifice, and Deuteronomy 16:3 which links unleavened bread to the bread of affliction.
Why it lands — The text demands strict compliance with precise culinary and dietary rules for the Passover observance, leaving no room for personal modification of the prescribed meal.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
Cross-references
- Exodus 34:25 Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to Me along with anything leavened, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Feast remain until morning.
- Deuteronomy 16:7 And you shall roast it and eat it in the place the LORD your God will choose, and in the morning you shall return to your tents.
- Deuteronomy 16:3 You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 1:14 and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
- Exodus 13:3 So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.
- Exodus 13:7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten during those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, nor shall leaven be found anywhere within your borders.
- Exodus 23:18 You must not offer the blood of My sacrifices with anything leavened, nor may the fat of My feast remain until morning.
- Numbers 9:11 Such people are to observe it at twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;
- Isaiah 53:10 Yet it was the LORD’s will to crush Him and to cause Him to suffer; and when His soul is made a guilt offering, He will see His offspring, He will prolong His days, and the good pleasure of the LORD will prosper in His hand.
- John 6:52 At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”