Midrash for Pesachim 189:5
אמר מר יכול אף מצוה שלא על גופו הא אמרת במצוה שבגופו הכתוב מדבר
Because it is said, they shall eat it with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Num. IX, 11.');"><sup>5</sup></span> You might think that regulations which are not even indirectly connected with itself [are included too]; therefore it is stated, nor shall they break a bone thereof:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Ibid. 12.');"><sup>6</sup></span>
Sifrei Devarim
R. Yehudah says: I might think that "the small Pesach" (Pesach Sheini, viz. Bamidbar 9:10-12) also requires remaining overnight. It is, therefore, written "and you shall betake yourselves in the morning and go to your tents. (8) Six days shall you eat matzoth." What requires six days requires remaining overnight — to exclude the small Pesach, which requires only one day. The sages say: It (Pesach Sheini) is not worse than wood and frankincense. (i.e., Just as they require remaining overnight, so, Pesach Sheini.)
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