Exodus 12:44-48

Institution of the Passover

44 but every slave that is f bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him. 45 g No foreigner or hired servant may eat of it. 46 It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and h you shall not break any of its bones. 47 i All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 48 j If a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the Passover to the Lord, let all his males be circumcised. Then he may come near and keep it; he k shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.

  1. Cross References
    Genesis 17:12 - 13
    He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised. Every male throughout your generations, whether born in your house or bought with your money from any foreigner who is not of your offspring.
  2. Cross References
    Leviticus 22:10
    A lay person shall not eat of a holy thing; no foreign guest of the priest or hired servant shall eat of a holy thing.
  3. Cross References
    Numbers 9:12
    They shall leave none of it until the morning, nor break any of its bones; according to all the statute for the Passover they shall keep it.
    John 19:36
    For these things took place that the Scripture might be fulfilled: "Not one of his bones will be broken.
  4. Cross References
    Exodus 12:6
    And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight.
  5. Cross References
    Numbers 9:14
    And if a stranger sojourns among you and would keep the Passover to the Lord, according to the statute of the Passover and according to its rule, so shall he do. You shall have one statute, both for the sojourner and for the native.
  6. Cross References
    Exodus 12:19
    For seven days no leaven is to be found in your houses. If anyone eats what is leavened, that person will be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he is a sojourner or a native of the land.
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