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No outsiders are allowed to eat the Passover meal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/12.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This <i>is</i> the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This <i>is</i> the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the ordinance of the Passover: no foreigner is to eat it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, &#8220This is the ordinance of the Passover: no foreigner is to eat of it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the ordinance of the Passover: no foreigner is to eat of it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the ordinance of the Passover: no foreigner is to eat it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner may eat it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, &#8220This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner may eat it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no foreigner eat thereof;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/12.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD gave Moses and Aaron the following instructions for celebrating Passover: Only Israelites may eat the Passover meal. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no alien eat thereof:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "These are the rules for the Passover: "No foreigner may eat the Passover meal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "These are the Passover regulations: No foreigner shall eat the Passover meal, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD told Moses and Aaron, "These are the regulations for the Passover: No foreigner is to eat it, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, ?This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover. No foreigner may share in eating it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover. There shall no foreigner eat of it,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no stranger eat of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the ordinance of the Passover. No foreigner shall eat of it, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And YHWH says to Moses and Aaron, “This [is] a statute of the Passover; any son of a stranger does not eat of it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jehovah saith unto Moses and Aaron, 'This is a statute of the passover; Any son of a stranger doth not eat of it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah will say to Moses and Aaron, This the law of the passing over: every son of a stranger shall not eat of it.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: This is the service of the Phase: No foreigner shall eat of it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the Lord said to Moses and to Aaron: “This is the religious observance of the Passover. No foreigner shall eat from it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said to Moses and Aaron: This is the Passover statute. No foreigner may eat of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD said to Moses and Aaron: This is the ordinance for the passover: no foreigner shall eat of it,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover; no foreigner shall eat of it;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And LORD JEHOVAH said to Moshe and Ahron: “This is the law of Passover: ‘No son of a foreigner will eat of it:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron: 'This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no alien eat thereof;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, This is the law of the passover: no stranger shall eat of it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/12-43.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=3106" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/12.htm">Instructions for the Passover</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">43</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">And the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/4872.htm" title="4872: mō·šeh (N-proper-ms) -- A great Isr. leader, prophet and lawgiver. From mashah; drawing out, i.e. Rescued; Mosheh, the Israelite lawgiver.">Moses</a> <a href="/hebrew/175.htm" title="175: wə·’a·hă·rōn (Conj-w:: N-proper-ms) -- An elder brother of Moses. Of uncertain derivation; Aharon, the brother of Moses.">and Aaron,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: zōṯ (Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">“This</a> <a href="/hebrew/2708.htm" title="2708: ḥuq·qaṯ (N-fsc) -- Something prescribed, an enactment, statute. Feminine of choq, and meaning substantially the same.">is the statute</a> <a href="/hebrew/6453.htm" title="6453: hap·pā·saḥ (Art:: N-ms) -- Passover. From pacach; a pretermission, i.e. Exemption; used only techically of the Jewish Passover.">of the Passover:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">No</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">foreigner</a> <a href="/hebrew/5236.htm" title="5236: nê·ḵār (Adj-ms) -- That which is foreign, foreignness. From nakar; foreign, or a foreigner, or heathendom."></a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: yō·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">is to eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/bōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">of it.</a> </span><span class="reftext">44</span>But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it, after you have circumcised him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">Leviticus 22:10</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/9-14.htm">Numbers 9:14</a></span><br />If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/15-15.htm">Numbers 15:15-16</a></span><br />The assembly is to have the same statute both for you and for the foreign resident; it is a permanent statute for the generations to come. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the LORD. / The same law and the same ordinance will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing with you.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-1.htm">Deuteronomy 16:1-8</a></span><br />Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. / You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name. / You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/52-1.htm">Isaiah 52:1</a></span><br />Awake, awake, clothe yourself with strength, O Zion! Put on your garments of splendor, O Jerusalem, holy city! For the uncircumcised and unclean will no longer enter you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-9.htm">Ezekiel 44:9</a></span><br />This is what the Lord GOD says: No foreigner uncircumcised in heart and flesh may enter My sanctuary—not even a foreigner who lives among the Israelites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/17-12.htm">Genesis 17:12-14</a></span><br />Generation after generation, every male must be circumcised when he is eight days old, including those born in your household and those purchased from a foreigner—even those who are not your offspring. / Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant. / But if any male is not circumcised, he will be cut off from his people; he has broken My covenant.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/30-18.htm">2 Chronicles 30:18</a></span><br />A large number of the people—many from Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun—had not purified themselves, yet they ate the Passover, contrary to what was written. But Hezekiah interceded for them, saying, “May the LORD, who is good, provide atonement for everyone<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/13-3.htm">Nehemiah 13:3</a></span><br />As soon as the people heard this law, they excluded from Israel all of foreign descent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-26.htm">Matthew 26:26-28</a></span><br />While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is My body.” / Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, “Drink from it, all of you. / This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-22.htm">Mark 14:22-24</a></span><br />While they were eating, Jesus took bread, spoke a blessing and broke it, and gave it to the disciples, saying, “Take it; this is My body.” / Then He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. / He said to them, “This is My blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-19.htm">Luke 22:19-20</a></span><br />And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.” / In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/6-53.htm">John 6:53-56</a></span><br />So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you. / Whoever eats My flesh and drinks My blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. / For My flesh is real food, and My blood is real drink. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/2-42.htm">Acts 2:42</a></span><br />They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-28.htm">Acts 10:28</a></span><br />He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:</p><p class="hdg">there shall</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/12-48.htm">Exodus 12:48</a></b></br> 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">Leviticus 22:10</a></b></br> There shall no stranger eat <i>of</i> the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat <i>of</i> the holy thing.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/9-14.htm">Numbers 9:14</a></b></br> And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/exodus/12-19.htm">Alien</a> <a href="/exodus/12-20.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/exodus/12-19.htm">Foreigner</a> <a href="/exodus/12-40.htm">Israelite</a> <a href="/exodus/4-18.htm">Law</a> <a href="/exodus/12-35.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/12-24.htm">Ordinance</a> <a href="/exodus/12-27.htm">Passover</a> <a href="/hebrews/9-10.htm">Regulations</a> <a href="/exodus/12-24.htm">Statute</a> <a href="/exodus/12-19.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/exodus/12-9.htm">Thereof</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/12-50.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/exodus/12-48.htm">Alien</a> <a href="/exodus/12-44.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/exodus/12-45.htm">Foreigner</a> <a href="/exodus/12-49.htm">Israelite</a> <a href="/exodus/12-49.htm">Law</a> <a href="/exodus/12-50.htm">Moses</a> <a href="/exodus/13-10.htm">Ordinance</a> <a href="/exodus/12-48.htm">Passover</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-14.htm">Regulations</a> <a href="/exodus/13-10.htm">Statute</a> <a href="/exodus/12-48.htm">Stranger</a> <a href="/exodus/12-44.htm">Thereof</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 12</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-1.htm">The beginning of the year is changed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">The Passover is instituted</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-11.htm">The import of the rite of the Passover</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Unleavened bread</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">The firstborn are slain</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">The Israelites are driven out of the land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">They come to Succoth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-41.htm">The time of their sojourning</a></span><br><span class="reftext">43. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-43.htm">The ordinance of the Passover</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Moses and Aaron, as leaders of the Israelites, are the chosen mediators between God and His people. This reflects the theocratic leadership structure where God directly guides His people through appointed leaders.<p><b>This is the statute of the Passover</b><br>The term "statute" signifies a permanent ordinance or law, highlighting the enduring nature of the Passover celebration. The Passover commemorates the Israelites' deliverance from Egyptian bondage, marking a pivotal moment in their history. It is a foundational event that prefigures Christ's sacrificial death, as the Passover lamb is a type of Christ, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world (<a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a>).<p><b>No foreigner is to eat of it</b><br>This restriction underscores the covenantal relationship between God and Israel. The Passover meal is a sacred observance meant for those within the covenant community. It signifies belonging and participation in the promises of God. In the New Testament, this exclusivity is transformed as Gentiles are grafted into the covenant through faith in Christ (<a href="/ephesians/2-12.htm">Ephesians 2:12-13</a>). The term "foreigner" here refers to those not part of the Israelite community, emphasizing the importance of identity and faith in the covenant relationship.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant-keeping God of Israel who delivers His people and establishes His laws.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to deliver His people from Egyptian bondage.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/a/aaron.htm">Aaron</a></b><br>Moses' brother and spokesperson, who assists in leading the Israelites and conveying God's commands.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_passover.htm">The Passover</a></b><br>A significant event commemorating the Israelites' deliverance from Egypt, marked by the sacrifice of a lamb and the application of its blood on doorposts.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/f/foreigners.htm">Foreigners</a></b><br>Non-Israelites who were living among the Israelites, often referred to as "strangers" or "sojourners."<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_covenant_identity.htm">The Importance of Covenant Identity</a></b><br>The restriction of the Passover to Israelites underscores the importance of covenant identity. It reminds believers today of the significance of being part of God's covenant community through faith in Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_separation.htm">Holiness and Separation</a></b><br>The exclusion of foreigners from the Passover meal highlights the call to holiness and separation from the world. Christians are called to live distinct lives, set apart for God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/inclusivity_through_christ.htm">Inclusivity through Christ</a></b><br>While the Old Testament law restricted participation, the New Testament reveals that through Christ, all who believe, regardless of their background, are welcomed into God's family.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_obedience.htm">The Role of Obedience</a></b><br>Obedience to God's commands, as demonstrated by Moses and Aaron, is crucial. Believers are called to faithfully follow God's Word in all aspects of life.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_significance_of_remembrance.htm">The Significance of Remembrance</a></b><br>The Passover serves as a reminder of God's deliverance. Similarly, Christians are called to remember Christ's sacrifice through the Lord's Supper, reflecting on His redemptive work.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_12.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 12</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_exodus_32_align_with_aaron's_role.htm">How does the portrayal of Aaron's role in Exodus 32 align with other biblical depictions of him, and does it reveal inconsistencies across different texts?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_god's_character_inconsistent_in_numbers_12_9-10.htm">Does the harsh divine reaction in Numbers 12:9-10 conflict with other biblical portrayals of God's mercy, suggesting an inconsistency in the text's depiction of God's character?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_confirm_moses_and_aaron's_roles.htm">Psalm 99:6 mentions Moses, Aaron, and Samuel; how can we confirm the historical existence and roles of Moses and Aaron, given limited archaeological evidence?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_leviticus_8_1-13's_ceremony_credible.htm">In Leviticus 8:1-13, how historically or archaeologically credible is the elaborate priestly ordination ceremony described?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>FURTHER DIRECTIONS RESPECTING THE PASSOVER.</span><p>(43-51) <span class= "bld">This is the ordinance.</span>--These directions, together with those which follow with respect to the sanctification of the firstborn (<a href="/context/exodus/13-1.htm" title="And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,">Exodus 13:1-16</a>), seem to have been given to Moses <span class= "ital">at Succoth,</span> and were consequently recorded at this point of the narrative. They comprise three principal points:--(1) The exclusion of all uncircumcised persons from the Passover (<a href="/exodus/12-43.htm" title="And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:">Exodus 12:43</a>); (2) the admission of all full proselytes (<a href="/context/exodus/12-48.htm" title="And when a stranger shall sojourn with you, 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.">Exodus 12:48-49</a>); and (3) the injunction that no bone of the lamb should be broken (<a href="/exodus/12-46.htm" title="In one house shall it be eaten; you shall not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall you break a bone thereof.">Exodus 12:46</a>).<p>(43) <span class= "bld">No stranger.</span>--Comp, <a href="/exodus/12-48.htm" title="And when a stranger shall sojourn with you, 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.">Exodus 12:48</a> for limitations. If a stranger wished to join, and would accept circumcision for himself and the males of his family, he might partake in the rite. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 43-51.</span> - SUPPLEMENTARY ORDINANCE WITH RESPECT TO THE PASSOVER. The position of these verses is curious. We should have expected them to have followed immediately on ver. 20, or else to have been reserved for the further consideration of the subject in ch. 23. It is suggested, in order to account for their place, that they formed the matter of a special revelation made to Moses at Succoth. They comprise three main points: - <p><span class="Text_Heading">1.</span> The absolute exclusion of all uncircumcised persons from participation in the passover rite; <p><span class="Text_Heading">2.</span> The extension of the rite (implied in ver. 19) to all full proselytes; and, <p><span class="Text_Heading">3.</span> The injunction that not a bone of the lamb should be broken. (This last is repeated in <a href="/numbers/9-12.htm">Numbers 9:12</a>) <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 43.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">This is the ordinance of the passover</span> - <span class="accented">i.e.</span>, "This is the law, in respect of the persons who are to partake of it" - there shall no stranger eat thereof, or literally, "No son of a stranger shall eat thereof." By a "stranger" here is meant one of a foreign race who wishes to retain his foreign character and to remain uncircumcised. Compare ver. 48. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/12-43.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">And the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָה֙</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֤אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Moses</span><br /><span class="heb">מֹשֶׁ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(mō·šeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4872.htm">Strong's 4872: </a> </span><span class="str2">Moses -- a great Israelite leader, prophet and lawgiver</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and Aaron,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’a·hă·rōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_175.htm">Strong's 175: </a> </span><span class="str2">Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“This</span><br /><span class="heb">זֹ֖את</span> <span class="translit">(zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">is the ordinance</span><br /><span class="heb">חֻקַּ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(ḥuq·qaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2708.htm">Strong's 2708: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prescribed, an enactment, statute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the Passover:</span><br /><span class="heb">הַפָּ֑סַח</span> <span class="translit">(hap·pā·saḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6453.htm">Strong's 6453: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pretermission, exemption, Passover</span><br /><br /><span class="word">No</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">foreigner</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּן־</span> <span class="translit">(ben-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is to eat</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹ֥אכַל</span> <span class="translit">(yō·ḵal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of it.</span><br /><span class="heb">בּֽוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(bōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/12-43.htm">Exodus 12:43 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/12-43.htm">Exodus 12:43 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/12-43.htm">Exodus 12:43 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/12-43.htm">Exodus 12:43 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/12-43.htm">Exodus 12:43 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/12-43.htm">Exodus 12:43 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/12-43.htm">Exodus 12:43 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/12-43.htm">Exodus 12:43 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/12-43.htm">Exodus 12:43 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/12-43.htm">Exodus 12:43 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/12-43.htm">OT Law: Exodus 12:43 Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron This (Exo. 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