At first glance that again appears to refer to the Passover lamb. However, there is a mistranslation here, and it is in the word "roast."
The word there in Hebrew translated "roasted" is tsacah. That word means "roast." The Hebrew word for "boil" which appears in verse 9 is bashal. Both of them are very clear. Both of them are emphatic words. They are hard words. Now do you not think it would be strange for God to contradict Himself just a couple of books later? Because in Deuteronomy 16:7, the word there translated "roast" comes from the Hebrew bashal, which means "boiled."
The Jews are aware of this. In some of their commentaries and in their interlinears, which is a Bible that includes both the Hebrew and the language into which it is being translated, they will put a footnote there changing that word in Deuteronomy 16:7 to "boil." I know of at least two English translations in which they have translated it "boil." They are the Revised English Bible and the Revised Standard Version. Both of them translate it correctly.
I am going to give you a series of verses here in which this Hebrew word bashal is properly translated. What you will see in those verses is that other sacrifices were permitted to be boiled, but the Passover sacrifice was not allowed to be boiled. It had to be roasted. The conclusion that we can reach from this, since the Hebrew word in Deuteronomy 16:7 is bashal, is that the Passover sacrifice is not what God is talking about. He is talking about another kind of sacrifice. A peace offering, a thank offering, and a sin offering were allowed to be boiled.
What does "you shall turn and go to your tents" mean? This is kind of interesting. Once you understand that He is talking about the Days of Unleavened Bread and not the Passover, and specifically about that day which began at ba erev, (remember that term was used twice preceding this, and that a sacrifice had to take place at ba erev), then what did they do with that sacrifice? They ate it! On what night were they eating it? They were eating it on The Night to be Much Observed! They were having a feast!
Some people call this "Armstrong's folly" or "Armstrong's daydream." It was not a daydream at all. It is right there in the scripture that God commanded the people to make the sacrifice at the beginning of the Days of Unleavened Bread, right after ba erev had occurred. It was on the 15th and these people were to sacrifice that animal, and then eat it in celebration of their coming out of Egypt. So what were they celebrating? They were celebrating "The Night To Be Much Observed" with a feast! They celebrated all night long. That is why He had to tell them, "When morning comes, go home!" "Sleep it off." To me that is interesting.
Now why would they celebrate all night? They were commemorating coming out of Egypt, and in all likelihood the Israelites, once they began to leave Rameses, did not stop till daylight the next day. They marched all night, and then rested in the heat of the day. They were celebrating "The Night To Be Much Observed"—a night of watching. God was watching over them as they left Egypt by night. Now verse 8 makes sense as to why He would have to tell them to leave off the celebration and go back to their tents.
