King James Version
Exodus 12:46 in the King James Version says “In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye ...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Exodus 12:46 · KJV
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
And when a stranger shall sojourn with thee, and will keep the passover to the LORD, let all his males be circumcised, and then let him come near and keep it; and he shall be as one that is born in the land: for no uncircumcised person shall eat thereof.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“thou shalt not carry forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“house”
H1004a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
“ought of the flesh”
H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
“a bone”
H6106a bone (as strong); by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e., (as pron.) selfsame
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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