Numbers 9:12

Numbers 9:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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 International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (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.

Context of Numbers 9:12

10“Say to the Israelites, ‘If any one of you or of your descendants becomes [ceremonially] unclean because of [touching] a dead body or is on a distant journey, he may, however, observe the Passover to the Lord. 11On the fourteenth day of the second month [thirty days later] at twilight, they shall observe it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 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. 13But the man who is [ceremonially] clean and is not on a journey, and yet does not observe the Passover, that person shall be cut off from among his people [excluding him from the atonement made for them] because he did not bring the Lord’s offering at its appointed time; that man will bear [the penalty of] his sin. 14If a stranger lives among you as a resident alien and observes the Passover to the Lord, in accordance with its statutes and its ordinances, so shall he do; you shall have one statute, both for the resident alien and for the native of the land.’ ”

Numbers 9:12 word by word

לֹֽא־יַשְׁאִ֤ירוּ מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ עַד־בֹּ֔קֶר וְעֶ֖צֶם לֹ֣א יִשְׁבְּרוּ־ב֑וֹ כְּכָל־חֻקַּ֥ת הַפֶּ֖סַח יַעֲשׂ֥וּ אֹתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They shall leaveשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604
• none of it unto the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
• nor breakשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• any boneעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• of it: according to all the ordinancesחֻקָּהchûqqâh · statuteH2708
• of the passoverפֶּ֫סַחpesach · PassoverH6453
• they shall keepעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213

Cross-references for Numbers 9:12

• Exodus 12:10You shall let none of the meat remain until the morning, and anything that remains left over until morning, you shall burn completely in the fire.
• Exodus 12:46It is to be eaten inside one house; you shall not take any of the meat outside the house, nor shall you break any of its bones.
• John 19:36For these things took place to fulfill the Scripture, “Not a bone of His shall be broken.”
• Numbers 9:3On the fourteenth day of this month at twilight, you shall keep it at its appointed time; according to all its statutes and ordinances you shall keep it.”
• Exodus 12:43The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the ordinance of the Passover: no foreigner is to eat it;

Commentaries on Numbers 9:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12According to all the ordinances - i. e. those relating to the Passover lamb, not those concerning the feast, for the Little Passover lasted, according to the Jews, only one day; nor was it held to be needful that at it leaven should be put away out of the houses.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12The Israelites could not break the bones of the Passover lamb (see Exodus 12:46; Psalm 34:20; John 19:32–36; compare John 1:29; 1 Corinthians 5:7). The apostle John mentioned this instruction when he wrote that they did not break the legs of Jesus when he was on the cross (John 19:36).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-148-14. Moses said unto them, Stand still, and I will hear what the Lord will command concerning you--A solution of the difficulty was soon obtained, it being enacted, by divine authority, that to those who might be disqualified by the occurrence of a death in their family circle or unable by distance to keep the passover on the anniversary day, a special license was granted of observing it by themselves on the same day and hour of the following month…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 9:12

• Passover

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Commentaries on Numbers 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings