Exodus 12:47

47 "1All the congregation of Israel are to celebrate this.

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 "A sojourner or a hired servant shall not eat of it.
46 "It is to be eaten in a single house; you are not to bring forth any of the flesh outside of the house, nor are you to break any bone of it.
47 "All the congregation of Israel are to celebrate this.
48 "But if a stranger sojourns with you, and celebrates the Passover to the LORD , let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near to celebrate it; and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat of it.
49 "The same law shall apply to the native as to the stranger who sojourns among you."

Cross References 1

  • 1. Exodus 12:6; Numbers 9:13, 14

Footnotes 1

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