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 · 2000

One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The 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 · 1862

one law is to a native, and to a sojourner who is sojourning in your midst.'

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

The same law shall be to him that is born in the land, and to the proselyte that sojourneth with you.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

One 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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