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In Parshas Bo (Exodus 12:8) it says about the Korban Pesach:

וְאָכְלוּ אֶת-הַבָּשָׂר, בַּלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה: צְלִי-אֵשׁ וּמַצּוֹת, עַל-מְרֹרִים יֹאכְלֻהוּ.

And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

but in the Parsha of Pesach Sheni in Behaalosecha (Numbers 9:11) it says:

בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם, בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם--יַעֲשׂוּ אֹתוֹ: עַל-מַצּוֹת וּמְרֹרִים, יֹאכְלֻהוּ

in the second month on the fourteenth day at dusk they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;

Why are these two commandments phrased similarly but differently, with the first one apparently indicating a tighter coupling between the korban meat and the matza?

In Parshas Bo (Exodus 12:8) it says about the Korban Pesach:

וְאָכְלוּ אֶת-הַבָּשָׂר, בַּלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה: צְלִי-אֵשׁ וּמַצּוֹת, עַל-מְרֹרִים יֹאכְלֻהוּ.

And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

but in the Parsha of Pesach Sheni in Behaalosecha (Numbers 9:11) it says:

בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם, בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם--יַעֲשׂוּ אֹתוֹ: עַל-מַצּוֹת וּמְרֹרִים, יֹאכְלֻהוּ

in the second month on the fourteenth day at dusk they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;

Why are these two commandments phrased similarly but differently, with the first one apparently indicating a tighter coupling between the korban meat and the matza?

In Parshas Bo (Exodus 12:8) it says about the Korban Pesach:

וְאָכְלוּ אֶת-הַבָּשָׂר, בַּלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה: צְלִי-אֵשׁ וּמַצּוֹת, עַל-מְרֹרִים יֹאכְלֻהוּ.

And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

but in the Parsha of Pesach Sheni in Behaalosecha (Numbers 9:11) it says:

בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם, בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם--יַעֲשׂוּ אֹתוֹ: עַל-מַצּוֹת וּמְרֹרִים, יֹאכְלֻהוּ

in the second month on the fourteenth day at dusk they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;

Why are these two commandments phrased similarly but differently, with the first one apparently indicating a tighter coupling between the korban meat and the matza?

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וּמַצּוֹת עַל מְרֹרִים יֹאכְלֻהוּ Why are there different phrasings of Korban Pesach accompaniments?

In Parshas Bo (12Exodus 12:8) it says about the Korban PesachKorban Pesach:

וּמַצּוֹת עַל מְרֹרִים יֹאכְלֻהוּוְאָכְלוּ אֶת-הַבָּשָׂר, בַּלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה: צְלִי-אֵשׁ וּמַצּוֹת, עַל-מְרֹרִים יֹאכְלֻהוּ.

And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

but in the Parsha of Pesach SheniPesach Sheni in BamidbarBehaalosecha (9Numbers 9:11) it says:

עַל מַצּוֹת וּמְרֹרִים יֹאכְלֻהוּבַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם, בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם--יַעֲשׂוּ אֹתוֹ: עַל-מַצּוֹת וּמְרֹרִים, יֹאכְלֻהוּ

in the second month on the fourteenth day at dusk they shall keep it; they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs;

Why are these two commandments phrased similarly but differently, with the change in languagefirst one apparently indicating a tighter coupling between the korban meat and the matza?