KJV King James Version
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.
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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.
WEB World English Bible
In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry out anything of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall you break a bone of it.
ASV American Standard Version
In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
in one house it is eaten, thou dost not carry out of the house any of the flesh without, and a bone ye do not break of it;
Surrounding context — Exodus 12
43 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This [is] the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
44 But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
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.
47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
48 And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
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בְּבַ֤יִתH1004 · betplaceאֶחָד֙H259 · e.chadoneיֵאָכֵ֔לH398 · a.khalto eatלֹא־H3808 · lonotתוֹצִ֧יאH3318 · ya.tsato come out: comeמִן־H4480 · minfromהַבַּ֛יִתH1004 · betplaceמִן־H4480 · minfromהַבָּשָׂ֖רH1320 · ba.sarfleshח֑וּצָהH2351 · chutsoutsideוְעֶ֖צֶםH6106 · e.tsemboneלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotתִשְׁבְּרוּ־H7665 · sha.varto breakבֽוֹ׃H9033 · ohim
Cross-references
John 19:36For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.Numbers 9:12They 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.John 19:33But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:Ephesians 2:19-22Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;Psalm 34:20He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.1 Corinthians 12:12For as the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also [is] Christ.
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