Exodus 12:45

45 but a temporary resident or a hired worker may not eat it.

Exodus 12:45 in Other Translations

45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.

45 No foreigner or hired servant may eat of it.

45 Temporary residents and hired servants may not eat it.

45 No casual visitor or hired hand can eat it.

45 A temporary resident or hired hand may not eat the Passover.

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 regulations for the Passover meal: “No foreigner may eat it.

44 Any slave you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised him,

45 but a temporary resident or a hired worker may not eat it.

46 “It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones.

47 The whole community of Israel must celebrate it.

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 22:10