Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD'S passover. For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
Exodus 12:5-12
Some take offense to the way the King James Version words things. In this passage, what we call meat today, honestly is the muscle of the animal that God said to kill, roast and eat. Referring to it as flesh is accurate, if not commonly ascribed to the concept of food these days. In modern times, we tend to reserve that term for living muscle, or human muscle, but the translators for the KJV used it here to refer to food that comes from the muscle of an animal.
The second thing of note in this passage, is how God says to cook the meat. For this first Passover meal, it wasn't to be boiled, not to be eaten raw, but to be roasted. There are those out there who think that fire-roasted meat will draw out nasty nitrates and nitrites. Naturally-occurring nitrates and nitrites are beneficial to the cardiovascular system. Commercially-derived versions that get added to meat products sold in grocery stores however, are dangerous and if eaten in enough quantities can lead to health issues, even cancer.
We must never allow ourselves to think that we know better than God, how to do anything in life. He created everything and knows how it all ticks and fits together. If we have been led to believe anything that opposes how God does things, we need to question that difference and look for why God says to do it a certain way, because God is never wrong! The created can't tell the Creator that the Creator made a mistake!
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening. And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it. Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at all with water, but roast with fire; his head with his legs, and with the purtenance thereof. And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire. And thus shall ye eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the LORD'S passover. For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
Exodus 12:5-12
Some take offense to the way the King James Version words things. In this passage, what we call meat today, honestly is the muscle of the animal that God said to kill, roast and eat. Referring to it as flesh is accurate, if not commonly ascribed to the concept of food these days. In modern times, we tend to reserve that term for living muscle, or human muscle, but the translators for the KJV used it here to refer to food that comes from the muscle of an animal.
The second thing of note in this passage, is how God says to cook the meat. For this first Passover meal, it wasn't to be boiled, not to be eaten raw, but to be roasted. There are those out there who think that fire-roasted meat will draw out nasty nitrates and nitrites. Naturally-occurring nitrates and nitrites are beneficial to the cardiovascular system. Commercially-derived versions that get added to meat products sold in grocery stores however, are dangerous and if eaten in enough quantities can lead to health issues, even cancer.
We must never allow ourselves to think that we know better than God, how to do anything in life. He created everything and knows how it all ticks and fits together. If we have been led to believe anything that opposes how God does things, we need to question that difference and look for why God says to do it a certain way, because God is never wrong! The created can't tell the Creator that the Creator made a mistake!
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