King James Version
Exodus 12:45 in the King James Version says “A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.”
Exodus 12:45 · KJV
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.
All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. keep: Heb. do it
KJV Study — Public Domain
“A foreigner”
H8453a dweller but not outlandish [h5237]; especially (as distinguished from a native citizen [active participle of h3427] and a temporary inmate [h1616] o
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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