Exodus 12:9

You are not to eat the meat raw or boiled in water. All of it must be roasted over a fire, including the head, legs, and its insides.

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In The King James Version

Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof.

In Context

8They are to roast the meat over a fire and eat it that night, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

10Make sure nothing is left until the morning. If there is anything left over, burn it by morning.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 16:7Cook it and eat it in the place the Lord your God will choose. Then in the morning go back to your tents.

Lamentations 1:13He sent down fire from heaven that destroyed my bones. He spread out a net to catch my feet, tripping me over. He abandoned me, leaving me sick all day long.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 12:2-21

The Appointment of the Passover; the Feast of Unleavened Bread. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: 4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his… Read the whole commentary →

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