Exodus 12:45

45 a comeling and a hired man shall not eat thereof; (but the newcomer and the hired man shall not 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 Also the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, This is the religion of pask; each alien shall not eat thereof; (And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, This is the rite of the Passover; each foreigner, or each stranger, shall not eat it;)

44 soothly each servant bought shall be circumcised, and so he shall eat; (but each bought servant, or slave, shall be circumcised first, and then he shall eat it;)

45 a comeling and a hired man shall not eat thereof; (but the newcomer and the hired man shall not eat it;)

46 it shall be eaten in one house; neither ye shall bear out the flesh thereof; neither ye shall break a bone thereof.

47 Each company of the sons of Israel shall make that pask; (All the congregation of Israel shall keep this Feast;)