Numbers 9:12
New International Version
They must not leave any of it till morning or break any of its bones. When they celebrate the Passover, they must follow all the regulations.

New Living Translation
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.

English Standard Version
They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break any of its bones; according to all the statute for the Passover they shall keep it.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
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.

NASB 1995
‘They shall leave none of it until morning, nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute of the Passover they shall observe it.

NASB 1977
‘They shall leave none of it until morning, nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute of the Passover they shall observe it.

Legacy Standard Bible
They shall leave none of it until morning nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute of the Passover they shall celebrate it.

Amplified Bible
They shall leave none of it until morning nor break any of its bones; in accordance with all the statutes of the Passover they shall observe it.

Christian Standard Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
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.”

American Standard Version
they shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break a bone thereof: according to all the statute of the passover they shall keep it.

Contemporary English Version
and don't leave any of it until morning or break any of the animal's bones. Be sure to follow these regulations.

English Revised Version
they shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break a bone thereof: according to all the statute of the passover they shall keep it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You must never leave any of the meat until morning or break any of the animal's bones. You must follow all the rules for the Passover when you celebrate it.

Good News Translation
Do not leave any of the food until the following morning and do not break any of the animal's bones. Observe the Passover according to all the regulations.

International Standard Version
They are not to leave any of it to remain until morning nor are they to break any of its bones. They are to observe it according to all the statutes of the Passover.

Majority Standard Bible
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.

NET Bible
They must not leave any of it until morning, nor break any of its bones; they must observe it in accordance with every statute of the Passover.

New Heart English Bible
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.

Webster's Bible Translation
They shall leave none of it to the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.

World English Bible
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.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
they do not leave of [it] until morning; and they do not break a bone in it; they prepare it according to all the statute of the Passover.

Young's Literal Translation
they do not leave of till morning; and a bone they do not break in it: according to all the statute of the passover they prepare it.

Smith's Literal Translation
They shall not leave from it till morning, and a bone they shall not break in it: according to all the laws of the passover they shall do it.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
They shall not leave any thing thereof until morning, nor break a bone thereof, they shall observe all the ceremonies of the phase.

Catholic Public Domain Version
They shall not leave behind any of it until morning, and they shall not break a bone of it; they shall observe all the rituals of the Passover.

New American Bible
and not leaving any of it over till morning, nor breaking any of its bones, but observing all the statutes of the Passover.

New Revised Standard Version
They shall leave none of it until morning, nor break a bone of it; according to all the statute for the passover they shall keep it.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
They shall leave none of it to the morning, nor break any bone of it; according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And not they shall leave any of it for the morning, and they shall not break a bone in it; they shall do it according to every commandment of Passover.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
they shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break a bone thereof; according to all the statute of the passover they shall keep it.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
They shall not leave of it until the morrow, and they shall not break a bone of it; they shall sacrifice it according to the ordinance of the passover.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Second Passover
11Such 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; 12they may not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe the Passover according to all its statutes. 13But if a man who is ceremonially clean and is not on a journey still fails to observe the Passover, he must be cut off from his people, because he did not present the LORD’s offering at its appointed time. That man will bear the consequences of his sin.…

Cross References
Exodus 12:46
It must be eaten inside one house. You are not to take any of the meat outside the house, and you may not break any of the bones.

John 19:36
Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”

Psalm 34:20
He protects all his bones; not one of them will be broken.

1 Corinthians 5:7
Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

Deuteronomy 16:1-8
Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. / You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name. / 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. ...

Leviticus 23:5-8
The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. / On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. / On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work. ...

Matthew 26:17-19
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’” / So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

Mark 14:12-16
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him, / and whichever house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’ ...

Luke 22:7-13
Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed. / Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.” / “Where do You want us to prepare it?” they asked. ...

Exodus 12:10
Do not leave any of it until morning; before the morning you must burn up any part that is left over.

Exodus 12:43-49
And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it. / But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it, after you have circumcised him. / A temporary resident or hired hand shall not eat the Passover. ...

2 Chronicles 30:1-5
Then Hezekiah sent word throughout all Israel and Judah, and he also wrote letters to Ephraim and Manasseh inviting them to come to the house of the LORD in Jerusalem to keep the Passover of the LORD, the God of Israel. / For the king and his officials and the whole assembly in Jerusalem had decided to keep the Passover in the second month, / since they had been unable to keep it at the regular time, because not enough priests had consecrated themselves and the people had not been gathered in Jerusalem. ...

2 Chronicles 35:1-19
Then Josiah kept the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month. / He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD. / To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel. ...

Hebrews 9:14
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

1 Peter 1:19
but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.


Treasury of Scripture

They shall leave none of it to the morning, nor break any bone of it: according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it.

shall leave

Exodus 12:10
And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.

break any bone.

Exodus 12:46
In 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.

John 19:36
For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.

according

Numbers 9:3
In 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.

Exodus 12:43
And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:

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They must not leave any of it until morning
This phrase emphasizes the urgency and completeness of the Passover sacrifice. The Hebrew root for "leave" is "sha'ar," which implies remaining or leftover. In the context of the Passover, this command underscores the importance of consuming the sacrifice fully, symbolizing the totality of redemption and deliverance. Historically, this practice ensured that the Israelites were ready to depart Egypt swiftly, reflecting a readiness to follow God's command without delay. Spiritually, it points to the completeness of Christ's sacrifice, which leaves nothing undone for our salvation.

or break any of its bones
The prohibition against breaking bones is significant both symbolically and prophetically. The Hebrew word for "break" is "shabar," meaning to shatter or destroy. This command ensured the integrity of the sacrificial lamb, prefiguring the unbroken body of Christ on the cross, as prophesied in Psalm 34:20 and fulfilled in John 19:36. The unbroken bones symbolize the perfection and wholeness of Jesus as the Lamb of God, whose sacrifice was complete and sufficient.

They must observe it
The word "observe" comes from the Hebrew "asah," meaning to do or make. This implies active participation and careful adherence to God's commands. Observing the Passover was not a passive act but a deliberate and faithful obedience to God's instructions. It serves as a reminder of the importance of obedience in the life of a believer, reflecting a heart committed to God's will and purposes.

in accordance with all the statutes of the Passover
This phrase highlights the comprehensive nature of God's instructions. The Hebrew word for "statutes" is "chuqqah," which refers to decrees or ordinances. The Passover was not merely a ritual but a divinely instituted ordinance with specific guidelines. Observing it "in accordance with all the statutes" signifies the importance of following God's commands fully and precisely. It reflects the broader biblical principle that God's laws are given for our good and are to be followed with reverence and devotion.

(12) According to all the ordinances.--The word rendered ordinances is in the singular number: according to all the ordinance (or statute). The primary reference is probably to the law respecting the Paschal Lamb. According to Jewish tradition the feast was only observed for one day instead of seven, and it was not necessary to put away leaven.

Verse 12. - According to all the ordinances of the passover. The later Jews held that this passover need only be kept for one day, and that leaven need not be put away from the house. But this was a clear departure from the original rule, for it was evidently intended that it should be in all respects a true passover, and in this case six clear days were allowed for the keeping of it (see on Numbers 10:11).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
they may not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

leave
יַשְׁאִ֤ירוּ (yaš·’î·rū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7604: To swell up, be, redundant

any of
מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ (mim·men·nū)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

it until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

morning
בֹּ֔קֶר (bō·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning

or break
יִשְׁבְּרוּ־ (yiš·bə·rū-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7665: To break, break in pieces

any of its bones.
וְעֶ֖צֶם (wə·‘e·ṣem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6106: A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame

They must observe
יַעֲשׂ֥וּ (ya·‘ă·śū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6213: To do, make

the Passover
הַפֶּ֖סַח (hap·pe·saḥ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6453: A pretermission, exemption, Passover

according to all
כְּכָל־ (kə·ḵāl-)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

its statutes.
חֻקַּ֥ת (ḥuq·qaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute


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