44 but every slave[a] that is (A)bought for money may eat of it after you have circumcised him. 45 (B)No foreigner or hired worker may eat of it. 46 It shall be eaten in one house; you shall not take any of the flesh outside the house, and (C)you shall not break any of its bones.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 12:44 Or servant; the Hebrew term ‘ebed designates a range of social and economic roles (see Preface)

44 Any slave you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised(A) him, 45 but a temporary resident or a hired worker(B) 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.(C)

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