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Exodus 12:9

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.

KJV

Non comedetis ex eo crudum quid, nec coctum aqua, sed tantum assum igni : caput cum pedibus ejus et intestinis vorabitis.

Vulgate

οὐκ ἔδεσθε ἀπ’ αὐτῶν ὠμὸν οὐδὲ ἡψημένον ἐν ὕδατι ἀλλ’ ἢ ὀπτὰ πυρί, κεφαλὴν σὺν τοῖς ποσὶν καὶ τοῖς ἐνδοσθίοις.

LXX

Eat not of it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but roast with fire; its head with its legs and with the inwards thereof.

ASV

אַל תֹּאכְל֤וּ מִמֶּ֨/נּוּ֙ נָ֔א וּ/בָשֵׁ֥ל מְבֻשָּׁ֖ל בַּ/מָּ֑יִם כִּ֣י אִם צְלִי אֵ֔שׁ רֹאשׁ֥/וֹ עַל כְּרָעָ֖י/ו וְ/עַל קִרְבּֽ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

15 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
בָשֵׁ֥ל
bshl
adjective · 2×
ו
v
noun · 9×
וֹ
v
noun · 227×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 811×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
נָ֔א
n'
particle · 1×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
צְלִי
tsly
noun · 3×
רֹ֣אשׁ
r'sh
noun · 593×
תְבַשֵּׁ֥ל
tbshl
verb · 27×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§608After agreeing to baptize him along with the sinners, John the Baptist looked at Jesus and pointed him out as the "Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world".422 By doing so, he reveals that Jesus is at the same time the suffering Servant who silently allows himself to be led to the slaughter and who bears the sin of the multitudes, and also the Paschal Lamb, the symbol …

Cross-references

  • Deut 16:7 — And 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.
  • Exod 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.