Exodus 12:45

45 But neither a person who lives for a short time in your country nor a 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 told Moses and Aaron, "Here are the rules for Passover: No foreigner is to eat the Passover.

44 If someone buys a slave and circumcises him, the slave may eat the Passover.

45 But neither a person who lives for a short time in your country nor a hired worker may eat it.

46 "The meal must be eaten inside a house; take none of the meat outside the house. Don't break any of the bones.

47 The whole community of Israel must take part in this feast.