KJV King James Version
And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; [and] with bitter [herbs] they shall eat it.
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Exodus 12:8
And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; [and] with bitter [herbs] they shall eat it.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
WEB World English Bible
They shall eat the flesh in that night, roasted with fire, and unleavened bread. They shall eat it with bitter herbs.
ASV American Standard Version
And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘And they have eaten the flesh in this night, roast with fire; with unleavened things and bitters they do eat it;
Surrounding context — Exodus 12
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take [it] out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
7 And they shall take of the blood, and strike [it] on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
8 And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; [and] with bitter [herbs] they shall eat it.
9 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.
10 And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire.
11 And thus shall ye eat it; [with] your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it [is] the LORD’S passover.
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וְאָכְל֥וּH398 · a.khalto eatאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הַבָּשָׂ֖רH1320 · ba.sarfleshבַּלַּ֣יְלָהH3915 · lay.lahnightהַזֶּ֑הH2088 · zehthisצְלִי־H6748 · tsa.liroastedאֵ֣שׁH784 · eshfireוּמַצּ֔וֹתH4682 · mats.tsahunleavened breadעַל־H5921 · aluponמְרֹרִ֖יםH4844 · me.rorbitternessיֹאכְלֻֽהוּ׃H398 · a.khalto eat
Cross-references
Exodus 34:25Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leaven; neither shall the sacrifice of the feast of the passover be left unto the morning.Deuteronomy 16:7And thou shalt roast and eat [it] in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose: and thou shalt turn in the morning, and go unto thy tents.Deuteronomy 16:3-4Thou shalt eat no leavened bread with it; seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread therewith, [even] the bread of affliction; for thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt in haste: that thou mayest remember the day when thou camest forth out of the land of Egypt all the days of thy life.Isaiah 53:10Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put [him] to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see [his] seed, he shall prolong [his] days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.Exodus 23:18Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice with leavened bread; neither shall the fat of my sacrifice remain until the morning.Exodus 13:7Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.John 6:52-57The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us [his] flesh to eat?Exodus 1:14And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, [was] with rigour.1 Corinthians 5:6-8Your glorying [is] not good. Know ye not that a little leaven leaveneth the whole lump?Numbers 9:11-12The fourteenth day of the second month at even they shall keep it, [and] eat it with unleavened bread and bitter [herbs].Exodus 13:3And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this [place]: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.Psalm 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.Matthew 16:12Then understood they how that he bade [them] not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.Galatians 5:9A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump.Amos 4:5And offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving with leaven, and proclaim [and] publish the free offerings: for this liketh you, O ye children of Israel, saith the Lord GOD.Zechariah 12:10And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for [his] only [son], and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for [his] firstborn.Matthew 26:26And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed [it], and brake [it], and gave [it] to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.1 Thessalonians 1:6And ye became followers of us, and of the Lord, having received the word in much affliction, with joy of the Holy Ghost:
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