Text: Numbers 9:1
OT Text Referred to: Exodus 12:46
Subject: alternate Passover timing
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Anchor Text: Exod 12 — The Passover
Significance: Exodus 12:46 commands: "It must be eaten inside one house... and you shall not break any of its bones." Numbers 9:12 reiterates this rule for the wilderness Passover: "They must not leave any of it until morning or break any of its bones. They must observe it according to the entire Passover statute." The Numbers repetition of the bone-breaking prohibition confirms it as a permanent Passover ordinance, not merely a circumstantial rule for the Egyptian night. The shared requirement not to break the lamb's bones (לֹא יִשְׁבְּרוּ בוֹ עֶצֶם, lo' yishberu vo 'etsem) links both texts to the integrity of the sacrificial animal as a whole offering.
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Text: Exodus 12:46
OT Text Referred to: Numbers 9:1
Subject: Passover lamb integrity in wilderness observance
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Anchor Text: Exod 12 — The Passover
Significance: Exodus 12:46 stipulates that the Passover lamb must be eaten inside one house, no meat taken outside, and no bones broken (וְעֶצֶם לֹא תִשְׁבְּרוּ־בוֹ, ve'etsem lo tishberu-vo). Numbers 9:1 commands Israel to keep the Passover in the wilderness "according to all its statutes," which includes this bone-preservation rule (restated in Num 9:12). The requirement to maintain the lamb's physical wholeness set Passover apart from ordinary meals and invested the sacrificial animal with a significance beyond mere consumption—the lamb was to remain intact, reflecting the completeness of the redemption it signified.