Exodus 12:47

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

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 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.
48 A foreigner who lives with you may share in the Lord's Passover if all the males in his house become circumcised. Then, since he will be like a citizen of Israel, he may share in the meal. But a man who is not circumcised may not eat the Passover meal.
49 The same rules apply to an Israelite born in the country or to a foreigner living there."
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