KJV King James Version
A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
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Exodus 12:45
A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
A temporary resident or hired hand shall not eat the Passover.
WEB World English Bible
A foreigner and a hired servant shall not eat of it.
ASV American Standard Version
A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat thereof.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
a settler or hired servant doth not eat of it;
Surrounding context — 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.
43 And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This [is] the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:
44 But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
45 A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
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.
47 All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.
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.
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Leviticus 22:10There shall no stranger eat [of] the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat [of] the holy thing.Ephesians 2:12That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
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