Exodus 12:49
What does Exodus 12:49 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 12:49 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
KJV
King James Version · 1611One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The law is the same for him who is an Israelite by birth and for the man from a strange country who is living with you.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862one law is to a native, and to a sojourner who is sojourning in your midst.'
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The same law shall be to him that is born in the land, and to the proselyte that sojourneth with you.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890One law shall be for him that is home-born and for the sojourner that sojourneth among you.
Context
v.48And 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.
v.49This passage
v.50Thus did all the children of Israel; as Jehovah commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 24:22
Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the sojourner, as for the home-born: for I am Jehovah your God.
- Numbers 15:29
Ye shall have one law for him that doeth aught unwittingly, for him that is home-born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.
- Numbers 15:15
For the assembly, there shall be one statute for you, and for the stranger that sojourneth with you, a statute for ever throughout your generations: as ye are, so shall the sojourner be before Jehovah.
- 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.
- Galatians 3:28
There can be neither Jew nor Greek, there can be neither bond nor free, there can be no male and female; for ye all are one man in Christ Jesus.
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