Exodus 12:43

Instructions for observing Passover

43 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron: This is the regulation for the Passover. No foreigner may eat it.

Exodus 12:43 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 12:43

And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron
At the same time he acquainted them with the above things: this is the ordinance of the passover;
as before delivered, and these the laws and rules, according to which it is to be observed, as now related, both with respect to the lamb, and to the unleavened bread; and the following is an account of the persons that were to partake of it: there shall no stranger eat thereof,
one that is of another country, an entire Heathen, and unacquainted with, and does not profess the Jewish religion, which was the religion of God.

Exodus 12:43 In-Context

41 At the end of four hundred thirty years, on that precise day, all the LORD's people in military formation left the land of Egypt.

42 For the LORD, that was a night of intent watching, to bring them out of the land of Egypt. For all Israelites in every generation, this same night is a time of intent watching to honor the LORD.

43 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron: This is the regulation for the Passover. No foreigner may eat it.

44 However, any slave who has been bought may eat it after he's been circumcised.

45 No temporary foreign resident or day laborer may eat it.