King James Version
Exodus 12:44 in the King James Version says “But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.”
Exodus 12:44 · KJV
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.
In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“But every man's”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“that is bought”
H4736properly, a buying, i.e., acquisition; concretely, a piece of property (land or living); also the sum paid
“when thou hast circumcised”
H4135to cut short, i.e., curtail (specifically the prepuce, i.e., to circumcise); by implication, to blunt; figuratively, to destroy
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
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