New English Translation
Exodus 12:45
45A foreigner and a hired worker must not eat it.
Exodus 12:45 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
- New International Version (NIV)but a temporary resident or a hired worker may not eat it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)No foreigner or hired worker may eat of it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat it.
Context of Exodus 12:45
43The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the ordinance of the Passover. No foreigner may share in eating it. 44But everyone’s servant who is bought for money, after you have circumcised him, may eat it. A foreigner and a hired worker must not eat it. 46It must be eaten in one house; you must not bring any of the meat outside the house, and you must not break a bone of it. 47The whole community of Israel must observe it.
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תּוֹשָׁ֥ב וְשָׂכִ֖יר לֹא־יֹ֥אכַל־בּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Exodus 12:45
- Leviticus 22:10“‘No lay person may eat anything holy. Neither a priest’s lodger nor a hired laborer may eat anything holy,
- Ephesians 2:12that you were at that time without the Messiah, alienated from the citizenship of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world.
Commentaries on Exodus 12:45
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 45A foreigner - תושב toshab, from ישב yashab, to sit down or dwell; one who is a mere sojourner, for the purpose of traffic, merchandise, etc., but who is neither a proselyte of the gate nor of the covenant. And a hired servant - Who, though he be bought with money, or has indented himself for a certain term to serve a Jew, yet has not become either a proselyte of the gate or of the covenant. None of these shall eat of it, because not circumcised - not…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 45A foreigner - or sojourner: one who resides in a country, not having a permanent home, nor being attached to an Israelitish household.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 43-51Verses 43-51 In times to come, all the congregation of Israel must keep the passover. All that share in God's mercies should join in thankful praises for them. The New Testament passover, the Lord's supper, ought not to be neglected by any. Strangers, if circumcised, might eat of the passover. Here is an early indication of favour to the gentiles. This taught the Jews that their being a nation favoured by God, entitled them to their privileges, not their…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 43-50These 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.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-5115. Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread, &c.--This was to commemorate another circumstance in the departure of the Israelites, who were urged to leave so hurriedly that their dough was unleavened (Ex 12:39), and they had to eat unleavened cakes (De 16:3). The greatest care was always taken by the Jews to free their houses from leaven--the owner searching every corner of his dwelling with a lighted candle. A figurative allusion to this is made (1Co…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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