King James Version
Exodus 12:43 in the King James Version says “And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:”
Exodus 12:43 · KJV
And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years, even the selfsame day it came to pass, that all the hosts of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
It is a night to be much observed unto the LORD for bringing them out from the land of Egypt: this is that night of the LORD to be observed of all the children of Israel in their generations. a night: Heb. a night of observations
And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“of the passover”
H6453a pretermission, i.e., exemption; used only techically of the jewish passover (the festival or the victim)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“There shall no stranger”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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