God’s Word Translation
Numbers 9:12
12You 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.
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
10Suppose you or any of your descendants is unclean from touching a dead body or is away on a long trip. You may still celebrate the Passover. 11You will celebrate it on the fourteenth day of the second month at dusk. You must eat the Passover animal along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. 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. 13But if you are clean and not on a trip and yet don’t bother to celebrate the Passover, you must be excluded from the people. You didn’t bring your offering to the Lord at the right time. You must suffer the consequences for your sin. 14“Foreigners living with you may want to celebrate the Lord’s Passover. They must follow these same rules and regulations. The same rules will apply to foreigners and native-born Israelites.”
Read all of Numbers 9Numbers 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 12:10Don’t leave any of it until morning. Anything left over in the morning must be burned up.
- Exodus 12:46“The meal must be eaten inside one house. Never take any of the meat outside the house. “Never break any of the bones.
- John 19:36This happened so that the Scripture would come true: “None of his bones will be broken.”
- Numbers 9:3You must celebrate it on the fourteenth day of this month at dusk. Follow all the rules and regulations for the celebration of the Passover.”
- Exodus 12:43The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “These are the rules for the Passover: “No foreigner 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
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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
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