Exodus 12:44

but every man's bondman that is bought for money let him be circumcised: then shall he eat it.

Darby Translation

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 Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: No stranger shall eat of it;

45A settler and a hired servant shall not eat it.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:23And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all who were born in his house, and all who were bought with his money every male among the people of Abraham's house and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin on that same day, as God had said to 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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