A moment in scripture
Exodus 12:44
But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
The surrounding passage
- Exodus 12:42
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.
- Exodus 12:43
And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
- Exodus 12:45
A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
- Exodus 12:46
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.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.