Exodus 12:45

Foreign visitors or those hired from other nations shall not eat the Passover.

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In The King James Version

A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.

In Context

44But any slave who has been bought can eat it once you have circumcised him.

46It has to be eaten inside the house. You are not allowed to take any of the meat outside the house, or to break any of the bones.

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Cross References

Leviticus 22:10Anyone who isn't part of a priest's family is not allowed to eat the holy offerings. This also applies to a priest's guest or his paid worker.

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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