Exodus 12:45

45 The foreigner and the hired servant shall not eat of 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 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This shall be the ordinance of the passover: No stranger shall eat of it,

44 but every man’s slave that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat of it.

45 The foreigner and the hired servant shall not eat of it.

46 It shall be eaten in one house; thou shalt not carry forth any of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.

47 All the congregation of Israel shall make this sacrifice.