Exodus 12:45

A man from a strange country living among you, and a servant working for payment, may not take part in it.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.

In Context

44But every man's servant, whom he has got for money, may take of it, when he has had circumcision.

46It is to be taken in one house; not a bit of the flesh is to be taken out of the house, and no bone of it may be broken.

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Cross References

Leviticus 22:10No outside person may take of the holy food, or one living as a guest in the priest's house, or a servant working for payment.

Matthew Henry on Exodus 12:44-51

Directions Concerning the Passover. ( b. c. 1491.) 43 And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof: 44 But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. 45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. 46 In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof. 47 All the congregation of Israel… Read the whole commentary →

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