Exodus 12:43-51

GOD’S WORD Translation

Rules for the Passover

⁴³ The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “These are the rules for the Passover:

“No foreigner may eat the Passover meal.

⁴⁴ “Any male slave you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised him.

⁴⁵ “No foreigner visiting you may eat it.

“No hired worker may eat it.

⁴⁶ “The meal must be eaten inside one house. Never take any of the meat outside the house.

“Never break any of the bones.

⁴⁷ “The whole community of Israel must celebrate the Passover.

⁴⁸ “Foreigners may want to celebrate the Lord’s Passover. First, every male in the household must be circumcised. Then they may celebrate the Passover like native-born Israelites. But no uncircumcised males may ever eat the Passover meal. ⁴⁹ The same instructions apply to native-born Israelites as well as foreigners.”

⁵⁰ All the Israelites did as the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron. ⁵¹ That very day the Lord brought all the Israelites out of Egypt in organized family groups.