Exodus 12:45

45 "No foreigner visiting you may eat it. "No hired worker may eat it.

Exodus 12:45 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 12:45

A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
] One of another nation, and one that was only hired by the day, week, or year; as they were not obliged to circumcision, so without it they had no right to eat of the passover, none but such as became proselytes of righteousness.

Exodus 12:45 In-Context

43 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "These are the rules for the Passover: "No foreigner may eat the Passover meal.

44 "Any male slave you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised him.

45 "No foreigner visiting you may eat it. "No hired worker may eat it.

46 "The meal must be eaten inside one house. Never take any of the meat outside the house. "Never break any of the bones.

47 "The whole community of Israel must celebrate the Passover.