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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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
one	אֶחָד֙ 'e.Chad	H259	properly · cardinal number, feminine singular absolute
house	בְּבַ֤יִת be.Va.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
eaten	יֵאָכֵ֔ל ye.'a.Khel	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
forth	תוֹצִ֧יא to.Tzi'	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
flesh	הַבָּשָׂ֖ר ha.ba.Sar	H1320	flesh (from its freshness) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
abroad	ח֑וּצָה Chu.tzah	H2351	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute + directional suffix
house	הַבַּ֛יִת ha.Ba.yit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
break	תִשְׁבְּרוּ tish.be.ru-	H7665	to burst (literally or figuratively) · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine plural
bone	וְעֶ֖צֶם ve.'E.tzem	H6106	a bone (as strong) · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

John 19:36 For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone of him shall not be broken.
Numbers 9:12 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.
John 19:33 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake not his legs:
Ephesians 2:19-22 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God;
Psalms 34:20 He keepeth all his bones: not one of them is broken.
1 Corinthians 12:12 For 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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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 12:43–end

Some further precepts are here given concerning the passover, as it should be observed in times to come. I. All the congregation of Israel must keep it, Exo 12:47. All that share in God's mercies should join in thankful praises for them. Though it was observed in families apart, yet it is looked upon as the act of the whole congregation; for the smaller communities constituted the greater. The New Testament passover, the Lord's supper, ought not to be neglected by any who are capable of celebrating it. He is unworthy the name of an Israelite that can contentedly neglect the commemoration of so great a deliverance. 1. No stranger that was uncircumcised might be admitted to eat of it, Exo 12:4…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 12:41

even the selfsame day--implying an exact and literal fulfilment of the predicted period.

Adam Clarke on Exodus 12:46

In one house shall it be eaten - In one family, if that be large enough; if not, a neighboring family might be invited, Exo 12:4. Thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh - Every family must abide within doors because of the destroying angel, none being permitted to go out of his house till the next day, Exo 12:22. Neither shall ye break a bone thereof - As it was to be eaten in haste, (Exo 12:11), there was no time either to separate the bones, or to break them in order to extract the marrow; and lest they should be tempted to consume time in this way, therefore this ordinance was given. It is very likely that, when the whole lamb was brought to table, they cut off the flesh without ev…

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John Gill on Exodus 12:46

In one house shall it be eaten,.... For though there might be more lambs than one eaten in a house, where there were a sufficient number to eat them; and there might be more societies than one in a house, provided they kept themselves distinct, and were large enough each of them to eat up a lamb; yet one lamb might not be eaten in different houses, a part of it in one house, and a part of it in another; which may denote the unity of the general assembly and church of the firstborn, and the distinct separate congregations of the saints, and the right that each have to a whole Christ, who is not to be divided from his ministers, word, and ordinances; See Gill on Matthew 26:18, thou shall not…

The Church Fathers

All such efforts are only of use when they are made within the church's pale. We must celebrate the Passover in the one house. We must enter the ark with Noah. We must take refuge from the fall of Jericho with the justified harlot, Rahab.
— Jerome, LETTER 22.38

Now next, that the legs of those two were broken, while his [Christ's] were not. He was already dead. Why this happened was stated in the Gospel itself. It was fitting, you see, to demonstrate by this sign as well that the true point and purpose of the Jewish Passover, which contained this instruction, not to break the lamb's bones, was to be a prophetic preenactment of his death.
— Augustine of Hippo, SERMON 218.13

God says, "In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not cast the flesh abroad out of the house." The flesh of Christ and the holy thing of the Lord cannot be cast out. The faithful have no home but the one church. This home, this house of unanimity, the Holy Spirit announces unmistakably in the Psalms: "God who makes men to dwell together of one mind as in a house."
— Cyprian, Treatise I. On the Unity of the Church 8

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Blood — (1.) As food, prohibited in Gen. 9:4, where the use of animal food is first allowed. Comp. Deut. 12:23; Lev. 3:17; 7:26; 17:10-14. The injunction to abstain from blood is renewed in the decree of the…
Cooking — As meet did not form an article of ordinary diet among the Jews, the art of cooking was not carried to any perfection. Few animals were slaughtered except for purposes of hospitality or festivity.…
Crucifixion — A common mode of punishment among heathen nations in early times. It is not certain whether it was known among the ancient Jews; probably it was not. The modes of capital punishment according to the…
Passover — The name given to the chief of the three great historical annual festivals of the Jews. It was kept in remembrance of the Lord’s passing over the houses of the Israelites (Ex. 12:13) when the first…
Pentecost — I.e., “fiftieth”, found only in the New Testament (Acts 2:1; 20:16; 1 Cor. 16:8). The festival so named is first spoken of in Ex. 23:16 as “the feast of harvest,” and again in Ex. 34:22 as “the day…
Paschal Lamb, Typical Nature Of · Not a bone of, broken — Not a bone of, broken
Passover · Institution of — Institution of
Prophecies Respecting Christ · That a bone of him should not be broken — That a bone of him should not be broken
Types Of Christ · Paschal lamb — Paschal lamb

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Exodus 12:46

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 12:43–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 12:41

Adam Clarke on Exodus 12:46

John Gill on Exodus 12:46

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Exodus 12:46

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Exodus 12:43–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 12:41

Adam Clarke on Exodus 12:46

John Gill on Exodus 12:46

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Exodus 12:29–end

Keil & Delitzsch on Exodus 12:43-48

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Exodus 12:46

Rashi on Exodus 12:46