English Standard Version
Exodus 12:9
9Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts.
Exodus 12:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Do not eat the meat raw or boiled in water, but roast it over a fire—with the head, legs and internal organs.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roasted in fire—its head with its legs and its entrails.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Do not eat any of the meat raw or boiled in water. The whole animal—including the head, legs, and internal organs—must be roasted over a fire.
Context of Exodus 12:9
7"Then they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. 8They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it. Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted, its head with its legs and its inner parts. 10And you shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. 11In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the Lord's Passover.
Read all of Exodus 12Exodus 12:9 word by word
אַל־תֹּאכְל֤וּ מִמֶּ֙נּוּ֙ נָ֔א וּבָשֵׁ֥ל מְבֻשָּׁ֖ל בַּמָּ֑יִם כִּ֣י אִם־צְלִי־אֵ֔שׁ רֹאשׁ֥וֹ עַל־כְּרָעָ֖יו וְעַל־קִרְבּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- not of it rawנָאnâ' · rawH4995
- nor soddenבָּשֵׁלbâshêl · cookedH1311
- nor soddenבָּשַׁלbâshal · to boilH1310
- at all with waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
- but roastצָלִיtsâlîy · roastedH6748
- fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
- his headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
- with his legsכֶּ֫רַעkârâ‛ · legH3767
- and with the purtenanceקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: inner partsH7130
Cross-references for Exodus 12:9
- Exodus 12:8They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted on the fire; with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it.
- Deuteronomy 16:7And you shall cook it and eat it at the place that the Lord your God will choose. And in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents.
- Lamentations 1:13"From on high he sent fire; into my bones he made it descend; he spread a net for my feet; he turned me back; he has left me stunned, faint all the day long.
Commentaries on Exodus 12:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9With 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.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Raw - i. e. “half-cooked.” Sodden with water - It was probably more common to seethe meat than to roast meat; hence, the regrets expressed by the Israelites for the seething pots of Egypt. The purtenance thereof - or its intestines. This verse directs that the lamb should be roasted and placed on the table whole. No bone was to be broken (see Exodus 12:46, and margin reference). The bowels were taken out, washed and then replaced. The Talmud prescribes…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-30The Lord gave Moses instructions for the Passover meal and the Feast of Unleavened Bread (12:14–20). Moses and the people then celebrated the first Passover (12:21–30).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. Eat not of it raw--that is, with any blood remaining; a caveat against conformity to idolatrous practices. It was to be roasted whole, not a bone to be broken, and this pointed to Christ (Joh 19:36).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 12
- 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
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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