Bitter herbs
VEGETABLE
Plant food — the dietary laws of Leviticus 11 concern animals
Would you eat it?
Mentioned in 2 verses (KJV)
Vegetable
Description
Bitter herbs were eaten with the Passover lamb every year as a deliberate, uncomfortable taste of what slavery in Egypt had actually felt like. Unlike most foods in Scripture, this one was prescribed specifically for its unpleasantness.
Key verses
“And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.”
Exodus 12:8
Symbolism
The remembered bitterness of Egyptian slavery, tasted every Passover alongside the lamb (Exodus 12:8).
All 2 referencesshow
- Exodus 12:8
- Numbers 9:11