Exodus 12:43
What does Exodus 12:43 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 12:43 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no foreigner eat thereof;
KJV
King James Version · 1611And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no foreigner eat thereof;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, This is the law of the Passover: no man who is not an Israelite is to take of it:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Jehovah saith unto Moses and Aaron, `This <FI>is<Fi> a statute of the passover; Any son of a stranger doth not eat of it;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: This is the service of the Phase; no foreigner shall eat of it.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: No stranger shall eat of it;
Context
v.42It is a night to be much observed unto Jehovah for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of Jehovah, to be much observed of all the children of Israel throughout their generations.
v.43This passage
v.44but every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 9:14
And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto Jehovah; according to the statute of the passover, and according to the ordinance thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one statute, both for the sojourner, and for him that is born in the land.
- Ephesians 2:12
that ye were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
- Leviticus 22:10
There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest’s, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
- Exodus 12:11
And thus shall ye eat it: with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is Jehovah’s passover.
- Exodus 12:48
And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to Jehovah, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: but no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
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