They shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.
Parallel translations
- WEB They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break a bone of it. According to all the statute of the Passover they shall keep it.
- BSB they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes.
- NKJV They shall leave none of it until morning, nor break one of its bones. According to all the ordinances of the Passover they shall keep it.
- NASB They shall not leave any of it until morning, nor break a bone of it; they shall celebrate it in accordance with the whole statute of the Passover.
- NLT They must not leave any of the lamb until the next morning, and they must not break any of its bones. They must follow all the normal regulations concerning the Passover.
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Quick answer
None of the lamb was to be left over and no bone of it broken, just as in the regular Passover. The same sacred rules applied without compromise.
Overview
The command not to break a bone of the Passover lamb is significant: John's Gospel sees it fulfilled in Christ, whose bones were not broken at the cross. Thus even this detail of the feast pointed forward to Jesus, the true Passover Lamb who fulfills the law's every requirement.
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- John 19:36For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
- Exod 12:46In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
- Exod 12:10And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
- Exod 12:43And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
- Num 9:3In the fourteenth day of this month, at even, ye shall keep it in his appointed season: according to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof, shall ye keep it.
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