Exodus 12:9

Verse

Do not eat any of the meat raw or cooked in boiling water, but only roasted over the fire—its head and legs and inner parts.

American Standard Version (1901)

Eat not of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with the inwards thereof.

Bible in Basic English

Do not take it uncooked or cooked with boiling water, but let it be cooked in the oven; its head with its legs and its inside parts.

Douay-Rheims 1899

You shall not eat thereof any thing raw, nor boiled in water, but only roasted at the fire: you shall eat the head with the feet and entrails thereof.

Free Bible Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Eate not thereof rawe, boyled nor sodden in water, but rost with fire, both his head, his feete, and his purtenance.

King James (Authorized) 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.

One Unity Resource Bible

Don’t eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; with its head, its legs and its inner parts.

Translation for Translators

You must not eat any of the meat raw, and you must not boil the meat. You must roast it whole, without cutting off the head or the legs or removing the internal parts.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Do not eat it raw or boiled in water. Instead, roast it over fire with its head, legs and inner parts.

Noah Webster Bible

Eat not of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; its head with its legs, and with its entrails.

World English Bible

Don’t eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; with its head, its legs and its inner parts.

Young's Literal Translation

ye do not eat of it raw, or boiled at all in water, but roast with fire, its head with its legs, and with its inwards;

Context

The First Passover

⁸They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.⁹Do not eat any of the meat raw or cooked in boiling water, but only roasted over the fire—its head and legs and inner parts.¹⁰Do not leave any of it until morning; before the morning you must burn up any part that is left over.

Summary

In this verse, God instructs the Israelites to eat the Passover lamb roasted over fire, along with bitter herbs and bread made without yeast. The roasted lamb symbolizes the sacrifice that was necessary for their deliverance from slavery in Egypt. The bitter herbs serve as a reminder of the harshness of their bondage, while the unleavened bread represents their hasty departure. This verse highlights the importance of obedience to God's specific instructions and the symbolism embedded in the Passover meal, foreshadowing the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ for the deliverance of humanity from sin.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

With the purtenance thereof - All the intestines, for these were abused by the heathens to purposes of divination; and when roasted in the manner here directed they could not be thus used. The command also implies that the lamb was to be roasted whole; neither the head or legs were to be separated, nor the intestines removed. I suppose that these last simply included the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, etc., and not the intestinal canal.

John Gill Bible Commentary

Eat not of it raw,.... Not roasted enough; and so Jarchi says, that what is not sufficiently roasted, or is not thoroughly and down roasted, is in the Arabic language called (u), the word here used; and so Maimonides (w) says it signifies flesh, on which the fire begins to operate, and is roasted a little, but not enough for eating. And indeed there seems to be no necessity of a prohibition of eating the flesh quite raw: some (x) derive the word from a root which signifies to break, and suppose that this rule forbids the breaking or cutting it in pieces; that as it was to be roasted whole, and not a bone of it to be broken, so it was to be brought to table whole, and the whole to be eaten; but then it could not be eaten without being cut to pieces. Abarbinel (y) takes the word in the usual signification of it, "now", as if the sense was, ye shall not eat of it now, not before the evening of the fourteenth day; but whereas Moses had told them, Exo 12:6, that the lamb was to be kept up until the fourteenth day, it was needless to tell them that they should not eat it now or immediately; the first sense is best, and this shows that Christ, the antitype of this lamb, is not to be eaten in a carnal but spiritual manner, of which our Lord treats in Joh 6:31, nor sodden at all with water; the Targum of Jonathan is,"neither boiled in wine, nor in oil, nor in other liquor, nor boiled in water.''This, with respect to the antitype, shows, that Christ is not to be received in a cold lukewarm manner, and with indifference; and that nothing is to be mixed, added, and joined unto him, but he alone is to be regarded in the business of our acceptance, justification, and salvation: but roast with fire; for the reasons before given: the manner of roasting it, according to the Jewish canons (z), was this, they bring a spit made of the wood of pomegranate, and thrust it into its mouth quite through it, and put the thighs and entrails within it; they do not roast the passover lamb on an iron spit, nor on an iron grate. Maimonides (a) is a little more particular and exact in his account; to the question, how do they roast it? he replies,"they transfix it through the middle of the mouth to its posteriors, with a wooden spit, and they hang it in the midst of a furnace, and the fire below:''so that it was not turned upon a spit, according to our manner of roasting, but was suspended on a hook, and roasted by the fire underneath, and so was a more exact figure of Christ suspended on the cross, and enduring the fire of divine wrath. And Justin Martyr (b) is still more particular, who was by birth a Samaritan, and was well versed in Jewish affairs; he, even in conversing with Trypho the Jew, who could have contradicted him had he said what was wrong, says, the lamb was roasted in the form of a cross; one spit, he says, went through from the lower parts to the head, and again another across the shoulders, to which the hands (or rather the legs) of the lamb were fastened and hung; and so was a very lively emblem of Christ crucified: his head, with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof; or with its inwards (c), these were all to be roasted together, the whole lamb with all that belonged to it, with which the above canon of the Jews agrees. (u) "cruda fuit caro", Golius, col. 2476. Semicocta, "cruda fuit caro", Castell. Lex. col. 2296. Vid. Hottinger. Smegma Oriental. p. 169, 170. (w) Hilchot Korban Pesach. c. 8. sect. 6. (x) Oleaster apud Rivet in loc. Gusset. Comment. Ebr. p. 487, 488; so some in Aben Ezra. (y) So Marinus Brixianus in Arca Noe. (z) Misn. Pesach. c. 7. sect. 1, 2. (a) Hilchot Korban Pesach. c. 8. sect. 10. (b) Dialog. cum Trypho Jud. p. 259. (c) "et cum interioribus ejus", Pagninus, Tigurine version, so Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Exodus 12:9

The First Passover

Scripture
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Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

Do not eat any of the meat raw or cooked in boiling water, but only roasted over the fire—its head and legs and inner parts.

American Standard Version (1901)

Eat not of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with the inwards thereof.

Bible in Basic English

Do not take it uncooked or cooked with boiling water, but let it be cooked in the oven; its head with its legs and its inside parts.

Douay-Rheims 1899

You shall not eat thereof any thing raw, nor boiled in water, but only roasted at the fire: you shall eat the head with the feet and entrails thereof.

Free Bible Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Eate not thereof rawe, boyled nor sodden in water, but rost with fire, both his head, his feete, and his purtenance.

King James (Authorized) 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.

One Unity Resource Bible

Don’t eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; with its head, its legs and its inner parts.

Translation for Translators

You must not eat any of the meat raw, and you must not boil the meat. You must roast it whole, without cutting off the head or the legs or removing the internal parts.

Unlocked Literal Bible

Do not eat it raw or boiled in water. Instead, roast it over fire with its head, legs and inner parts.

Noah Webster Bible

Eat not of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; its head with its legs, and with its entrails.

World English Bible

Don’t eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted with fire; with its head, its legs and its inner parts.

Young's Literal Translation

ye do not eat of it raw, or boiled at all in water, but roast with fire, its head with its legs, and with its inwards;

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Exodus 12:9

Verse

Context

The First Passover

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Exodus 12:9

The First Passover

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary