His head with his legs, and with the purtenance (RV 'inwards') thereof] The entrails were taken out, cleansed, and replaced, and the lamb was then roasted whole: cp. Exodus 12:46, 'neither shall ye break a bone thereof.' The unmutilated lamb symbolises the unity of Israel. St. John sees in it also an emblem of the unbroken bones of Christ: see John 19:36.

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