Numbers 9:12

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Numbers 9:12 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “they shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break a bone thereof: according to all the statute of the passover they shall keep it.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

they shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break a bone thereof: according to all the statute of the passover they shall keep it.
Numbers 9:12 — American Standard Version

Context — Numbers 9

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
12they shall leave none of it unto the morning, nor break a bone thereof: according to all the statute of the passover they shall keep it.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“They shall leave none of it unto the morning, etc.] None of the flesh of the passover lamb, what was left was to be burnt with fire, (<021210>Exodus 12:10); nor break any bone of it; the same was enjoined, (see Gill on “<021246>Exodus 12:46”); according to all the ordinances of the passover they shall keep it: as when observed in its time, excepting the feast of unleavened bread, which followed the first passover, and those rites which were peculiar to the passover, as kept at their first coming out of Egypt; as the sprinkling the blood of the lamb on the doorposts, eating it in haste, etc.”
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Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“According 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. return to 'Top of Page'”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“9:12 The bones of the Passover lamb were not to be broken (see Exod 12:46; Ps 34:20; John 19:32-36; cp. John 1:29; 1 Cor 5:7). The apostle John made reference to this instruction when reporting that Jesus’ legs were not broken on the cross (John 19:36).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“shall leave: Exo 12:10 break any bone: In the East, Belon says, he "met with shepherds who were roasting sheep whole, which they sold to travellers stuck upon sticks of willow tree. The entrails were taken out, and the body again sewed up." Exo 12:46; Joh 19:36 according: Num 9:3; Exo 12:43 Numbers 9:13”
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