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, “Anyone among you or your descendants may become not clean because of a dead body. Or they may be away because they are travelling. They can still eat the Passover meal to thank the Lord. 11They must eat it during the evening of the 14th day of the second month. They must eat it when it starts to become dark. They must eat it with bread and with bitter herbs. The bread must not have yeast in it. They must not keep any of the food until the next morning. And they must not break any of the bones of the lamb. And they must obey all the rules about the Passover. 13But perhaps a clean person who is at home chooses not to eat the Passover meal. You must make that person separate from his people. That is because he did not offer the proper sacrifices to the Lord at the proper time. So that person must receive the punishment for his sin. 14People from foreign countries may also eat the Lord's Passover meal, if they are living among you. But they must obey all the rules about the Passover festival. The rules are the same for a foreign person and for an Israelite.” ’

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 must eat all the meat before morning arrives. If some of it still remains in the morning, then you must burn it.
• Exodus 12:46You must eat the meal in one house. You must not take any of the meat outside the house. You must not break any of the bones in the meat.
• John 19:36The Bible already said how it would happen. It says: ‘Nobody will break any of his bones.’
• Numbers 9:3The proper time is during the evening of the 14th day of this month. It is when it starts to become dark. That is when you must eat it. You must obey all its rules and its laws.’
• Exodus 12:43Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ‘These are the rules for the Passover festival: No foreign person may eat the Passover meal.

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