Exodus 12:47

47 The whole community of Israel is to be included in the meal.

Exodus 12:47 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 12:47

All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
] The passover, and the feast of unleavened bread only; for a Gentile was first to be circumcised, and be joined to the congregation, and then partake of it, and not before.

Exodus 12:47 In-Context

45 No casual visitor or hired hand can eat it.
46 Eat it in one house - don't take the meat outside the house. Don't break any of the bones.
47 The whole community of Israel is to be included in the meal.
48 "If an immigrant is staying with you and wants to keep the Passover to God, every male in his family must be circumcised, then he can participate in the Meal - he will then be treated as a native son. But no uncircumcised person can eat it.
49 "The same law applies both to the native and the immigrant who is staying with you."
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