Exodus 12:44

But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it, after you have circumcised him.

Majority Standard Bible

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 Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.

45A temporary resident or hired hand shall not eat the Passover.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:23On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told 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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