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Exodus 12:48 KJV
Exodus · chapter 12 · verse 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.Exodus 12:48 · King James Version
Exodus 12:48 in context
46In 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.
47All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
48And 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.
49One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
50Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- circumcisedmûwlto cut shortH4135 →
- strangergêrproperly, a guestH1616 →
- passoverpeçacha pretermissionH6453 →
- sojourngûwrproperly, to turn aside from the roadH1481 →
- maleszâkârproperly, rememberedH2145 →
- keepʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
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Some further precepts are here given concerning the passover, as it should be observed in times to come. I. All the congregation of Israel must keep it, Exo 12:47. All that share in God's mercies should join in thankful praises for them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 43-51