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Exodus 12:46
ESV It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and you shall not break any of its bones.
NIV "It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones.
NASB It is to be eaten in a single house; you are not to bring any of the meat outside of the house, nor are you to break any bone of it.
CSB It is to be eaten in one house. You may not take any of the meat outside the house, and you may not break any of its bones.
NLT Each Passover lamb must be eaten in one house. Do not carry any of its meat outside, and do not break any of its bones.
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.
NKJV In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house, nor shall you break one of its bones.

What does Exodus 12:46 mean?

God gave Israel instructions for the first Passover night (Exodus 11:4–6) so they could escape the final plague on Egypt (Exodus 12:12–13). Those instructions included preparing and eating a sacrificial lamb (Exodus 12:3–10). An important rule for that first night was to stay within properly-marked homes (Exodus 12:22–23). To reflect this, those celebrating Passover in the future were not to take any of the food out of the home. Nor were they to break any of the lamb's bones (Exodus 12:9).

This final instruction does more than commemorate the history of Passover. It also becomes a prophetic description of the Messiah, Jesus (John 1:29; 1 Corinthians 5:7). Though Jesus was violently crucified, none of His bones were broken. The two crucified beside Him had their legs broken to accelerate their deaths. Jesus died before then (John 19:31–33). His experiences were part of proving He was the One promised to rescue humanity from sin forever (Isaiah 53).
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