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.
Cross-references
Exodus 12:9 provides specific cooking instructions for the Passover lamb, complementing the roasted lamb command here.
Exodus 12:15 extends the unleavened bread command to seven days and adds the consequence of eating leaven, reinforcing the Passover instruction.
Exodus 1:14 describes the bitter slavery that the bitter herbs at Passover are meant to commemorate, directly linking the ritual to Israel's suffering.
Exodus 13:3 reinforces the command to avoid leaven as a lasting memorial of the exodus from Egypt.
Exodus 13:7 expands the unleavened bread command to a seven-day observance with no leaven seen anywhere.
Exodus 34:25 reiterates the prohibition of leaven with the Passover sacrifice and the rule to consume it fully.
Exodus 23:18 prohibits offering leavened sacrifices and leaving fat overnight, echoing the Passover rules against leaven and leftover lamb.
Numbers 9:11 repeats the requirement of unleavened bread and bitter herbs for a delayed Passover observance.
Deuteronomy 16:3 calls the unleavened bread 'bread of affliction,' linking it to the haste of the exodus.
Deuteronomy 16:7 gives additional instructions for cooking and eating the Passover at God's chosen place, expanding on the original command.
Isaiah 53:10 identifies the Suffering Servant as a guilt offering, directly corresponding to the Passover lamb sacrificed and consumed.
Matthew 26:26 depicts Jesus using bread at the Last Supper, connecting the Passover meal to his own body as the true sacrifice.
John 6:52-57 teaches eating Christ's flesh and blood for eternal life, directly paralleling the consumption of the Passover lamb.
1 Corinthians 5:6-8 directly applies Passover imagery—Christ our lamb, leaven as sin—to call for purity in the church.
2 Chronicles 35:13 records Josiah's Passover where they roasted lambs with fire, explicitly following 'the rule' from Exodus.
Mark 14:12 shows NT disciples preparing the Passover lamb, continuing the tradition of eating the Passover meal.