Exodus 12:43-51

Evangelical Heritage Version

Passover Restrictions

⁴³ The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the regulation concerning the Passover: No foreigner may eat it. ⁴⁴ But any slave whom you have purchased may eat it if you circumcise him. ⁴⁵ A temporary resident or a hired servant may not eat it. ⁴⁶ It must be eaten inside one house. You are not to carry any of the meat outside of the house. Do not break any of its bones. ⁴⁷ The whole community of Israel shall do this. ⁴⁸ If a resident alien among you wants to observe the Passover to the Lord, every male in his household must be circumcised. Then he may take part in it. He will be treated like a native-born of the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat it. ⁴⁹ The same law will apply to the native-born and to the alien who resides among you.” ⁵⁰ So that is what all the Israelites did. They did just as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron. ⁵¹ That same day the Lord brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt, lined up by their divisions.