Exodus 12:45

A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.

In Context

44but every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

46In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth aught of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.

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Cross References

Leviticus 22:10There shall no common man eat of the holy thing; a tenant of a priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

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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