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Read Full Chapter (Exodus 12) Exodus 12:45 KJV
"A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof."
Exodus Chapter 12, Verse 45
Exodus 12:45 in Context (Verses 42–48 KJV)
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It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations.*
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¶ And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
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But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
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A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
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In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
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All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.*
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And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, 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: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.