Exodus 12:9

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Do not eat any of the meat raw or cooked in boiling water, but only roasted over the fire—its head and legs and inner parts.”

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BSBPD

“Do not eat any of the meat raw or cooked in boiling water, but only roasted over the fire—its head and legs and inner parts.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“ye do not eat of it raw, or boiled at all in water, but roast with fire, its head with its legs, and with its inwards;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 12:9 — 4 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 12:8They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
  2. Deuteronomy 16:7And you shall roast it and eat it in the place the LORD your God will choose, and in the morning you shall return to your tents.
  3. 2 Chronicles 35:13They roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the regulation, and they boiled the other holy offerings in pots, kettles, and bowls and quickly brought them to all the people.
  4. Lamentations 1:13He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.

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