Commandments About Lamb
8 biblical commandments from the Torah related to lamb.
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Eat the Passover lamb with unleavened bread and bitter herbs on the night of the 14th of Nisan
Exodus 12:8
They shall eat the flesh that same night, roasted with fire, and they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
Do not eat the meat of the Passover lamb raw or boiled
Exodus 12:9
Do not eat any of it raw or boiled at all with water, but rather roasted with fire, both its head and its legs along with its entrails.
Do not take the meat of the Passover lamb from the confines of the group
Exodus 12:46
"It is to be eaten in a single house; you are not to bring forth any of the flesh outside of the house, nor are you to break any bone of it.
An apostate must not eat from the Passover lamb
Exodus 12:43
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover: no foreigner is to eat of it;
A permanent or temporary hired worker must not eat from the Passover lamb
Exodus 12:45
"A sojourner or a hired servant shall not eat of it.
An uncircumcised male must not eat from the Passover lamb
Exodus 12:48
"But if a stranger sojourns with you, and celebrates the Passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near to celebrate it; and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat of it.
Do not break any bones from the Passover lamb
Exodus 12:46
"It is to be eaten in a single house; you are not to bring forth any of the flesh outside of the house, nor are you to break any bone of it.
Do not leave any meat of the Passover lamb over until morning
Exodus 12:10
'And you shall not leave any of it over until morning, but whatever is left of it until morning, you shall burn with fire.