The Meaning of Exodus 12:46 Explained

Exodus 12:46

KJV: In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.

YLT: in one house it is eaten, thou dost not carry out of the house any of the flesh without, and a bone ye do not break of it;

Darby: In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth any of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.

ASV: In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

In one  house  shall it be eaten;  thou shalt not carry forth  ought of the flesh  abroad  out of the house;  neither shall ye break  a bone  thereof. 

What does Exodus 12:46 Mean?

Context Summary

Exodus 12:37-51 - Israel Led Out Of Egypt
The 600,000 were males above 20 years of age, Numbers 1:3-43. This would make the entire body not less than 2,000,000 of people of all ages. Succoth was the first rallying point on which the various bands converged. It stood in open country, over which their flocks and herds spread themselves. It was, indeed, a night to be observed, when the Exodus took place, because, as Bunsen says, it was the beginning of history; and we may almost say further that it was the hour when Israel was born as a nation. God called His son out of Egypt. At that moment also the period of which Abraham had been apprised ran out. See Genesis 15:13; Galatians 3:17; and Exodus 12:40 here.
Notice the stress laid on circumcision, which was the type of putting away the sins of the flesh. See Colossians 2:11. We must be separated from sin, before we can claim our portion in the Paschal Lamb, or join the Exodus. [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 12

1  The beginning of the year is changed
3  The Passover is instituted
11  The import of the rite of the Passover
15  Unleavened bread
29  The firstborn are slain
31  The Israelites are driven out of the land
37  They come to Succoth
41  The time of their sojourning
43  The ordinance of the Passover

What do the individual words in Exodus 12:46 mean?

In house one it shall be eaten not you shall carry outside the house any of the flesh outside and bones nor shall you break one of its
בְּבַ֤יִת אֶחָד֙ יֵאָכֵ֔ל לֹא־ תוֹצִ֧יא מִן־ הַבַּ֛יִת מִן־ הַבָּשָׂ֖ר ח֑וּצָה וְעֶ֖צֶם לֹ֥א תִשְׁבְּרוּ־ בֽוֹ

בְּבַ֤יִת  In  house 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
אֶחָד֙  one 
Parse: Number, masculine singular
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
יֵאָכֵ֔ל  it  shall  be  eaten 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
תוֹצִ֧יא  you  shall  carry 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: יׄוצֵאת 
Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
מִן־  outside 
Parse: Preposition
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
הַבַּ֛יִת  the  house 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
מִן־  any 
Parse: Preposition
Root: מִן 
Sense: from, out of, on account of, off, on the side of, since, above, than, so that not, more than.
הַבָּשָׂ֖ר  of  the  flesh 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
ח֑וּצָה  outside 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular, third person feminine singular
Root: חוּץ  
Sense: outside, outward, street, the outside.
וְעֶ֖צֶם  and  bones 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular
Root: עֶצֶם 
Sense: bone, essence, substance.
לֹ֥א  nor 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
תִשְׁבְּרוּ־  shall  you  break 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: שָׁבוּר 
Sense: to break, break in pieces.
בֽוֹ  one  of  its 
Parse: Preposition, third person masculine singular