Exodus 12:43

And Yahweh said unto Moses and Aaron: This, is the statute of the passover,—No stranger, shall eat thereof;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:

In Context

42A night of solemn observances, it is unto Yahweh, for bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt,—this same night, pertaineth to Yahweh, for solemn observances by all the sons of Israel to their generations.

44but, every man’s servant bought with silver,—when thou hast circumcised him, then, shall he eat thereof:

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Cross References

Exodus 12:48And when there may sojourn with thee a sojourner who may wish to keep a passover to Yahweh, there must be circumcised to him every male and then, may he draw near to keep it, so shall he be as a native of the land,—but no uncircumcised male, shall eat thereof.

Leviticus 22:13But, when a priest’s daughter, cometh to be a widow or divorced and hath no seed, and so she returneth unto the house of her father, as in her youth, of the food of her father, she may eat,—but no stranger, shall eat thereof.

Ephesians 2:12That ye were, in that season, separate from Christ, alienated from the citizenship of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and godless in the world;

Matthew Henry on Exodus 12:38-43

Departure of the Israelites. ( b. c. 1491.) 37 And the children of Israel journeyed from Rameses to Succoth, about six hundred thousand on foot that were men, beside children. 38 And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle. 39 And they baked unleavened cakes of the dough which they brought forth out of Egypt, for it was not leavened; because they were thrust out of Egypt, and could not tarry, neither had they prepared for themselves any victual. 40 Now the sojourning… Read the whole commentary →

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