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 Parallel

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 Historical context

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 Historical context

Exodus 13:3 reinforces the command to avoid leaven as a lasting memorial of the exodus from Egypt.

Exodus 13:7 Historical context

Exodus 13:7 expands the unleavened bread command to a seven-day observance with no leaven seen anywhere.

Exodus 34:25 Historical context

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 Historical context

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 Historical context

2 Chronicles 35:13 records Josiah's Passover where they roasted lambs with fire, explicitly following 'the rule' from Exodus.

Mark 14:12 Historical context

Mark 14:12 shows NT disciples preparing the Passover lamb, continuing the tradition of eating the Passover meal.