A moment in scripture
Exodus 12:48
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.
The surrounding passage
- 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.
- Exodus 12:47
All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
- Exodus 12:49
One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
- Exodus 12:50
Thus did all the children of Israel; as the Lord commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.