Do not leave any of it till morning; if some is left till morning, you must burn it. The command to leave nothing until morning and to burn what remains reflects the urgency of the night. The Passover is not a casual dinner with leftovers; it is a meal eaten in the hours before departure, in the shadow of judgment. What is not consumed by morning is burned — not discarded, not fed to animals, but burned as an offering. The completeness of consumption or combustion ensures that nothing of the sacrifice is treated carelessly. Numbers 9:12 and the instructions for celebrating Passover in subsequent years maintain this same rule. The theology of complete consumption — nothing left over, nothing wasted, all given — anticipates the New Testament teaching that Christ's sacrifice is complete and unrepeatable: once for all (Hebrews 10:10).

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