Exodus 12:45

Translations

Modern

A temporary resident or hired hand shall not eat the Passover.

Traditional

A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.

Literal

A sojourner and a hireling shall not eat of it.

Latin

Advena et mercenarius non edent ex eo.

Original

Hebrew

English

A temporary resident or hired hand shall not eat the Passover.

Notes

Exodus 12:43–50

These extra instructions for celebrating Passover mainly refer to outsiders and foreigners (12:43; 12:48). The presence of non-Israelite groups in the community might have led to these rules (12:38). The main point was whether the person was willing to fully join Israel and obey the Lord by being circumcised.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Moses Pharaoh God’s Love for Israel The Cross and Passover The Passover

Events

Exodus from Egypt

Related verses

Leviticus 22:10
No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it.
Ephesians 2:12
…remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.

Glossary

Aaron Book of Exodus Chronology of the Bible (New Testament) Circumcision Deuteronomy, Book of Family Life and Relations Foreigner History of Israel Lintel (Top of a Doorframe) Meaning of Meals in the Bible Plague Servant Wilderness Wanderings Worship

Topics

Aliens: Forbidden to Eat the Passover Passover: Institution of Servants: Hired: If Foreigners not Allowed to Partake of the Passover Or The Feast of the Passover: No Uncircumcised Person to Keep

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