John Gill Commentary Exodus 12:10

"And ye shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; but that which remaineth of it until the morning ye shall burn with fire." — Exodus 12:10 (ASV)

And you shall let nothing of it remain until the morning
It was to be all eaten up; a whole Christ is to be received and fed upon by faith; Christ in both his natures, divine and human, united in his person, in all his offices of prophet, priest, and King, and with all the benefits and blessings of his grace, and which come by his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice:

and that which remains of it until the morning, you shall burn with
fire :
what of the flesh which remains not eaten, and what of it that could not be eaten, as the bones, which were not broken, and the nerves and sinews, which might not be eaten; and so runs the Jewish canon ^F4 ,

``the bones, and the sinews, and what remains, they shall burn on the sixteenth day; and if the sixteenth happens on the sabbath, they shall burn on the seventeenth.'' The reason of this law was, that what was left might not be converted to common or superstitious uses, as also that the Israelites might not be burdened with it in their journey, nor the Egyptians have an opportunity of treating it with contempt.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F4: Misn. ut supra, (Persch. c. 7.) sect. 10.