Exodus 12:44

But every bought servant shall be circumcised, and so he may eat from it.

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In The King James Version

But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

In Context

43And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron: “This is the religious observance of the Passover. No foreigner shall eat from it.

45The newcomer and the hired hand shall not eat from it.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:23Then Abraham took his son Ishmael, and all who were born in his house, and all whom he had bought, every male among the men of his house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskin promptly, the very same day, just as God had instructed him.

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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