KJV King James Version
One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
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Exodus 12:49
One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”
WEB World English Bible
One law shall be to him who is born at home, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you.”
ASV American Standard Version
One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
one law is to a native, and to a sojourner who is sojourning in your midst.’
Surrounding context — 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.
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.
49 One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
50 Thus did all the children of Israel; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so did they.
51 And it came to pass the selfsame day, [that] the LORD did bring the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt by their armies.
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Numbers 15:15-16One ordinance [shall be both] for you of the congregation, and also for the stranger that sojourneth [with you], an ordinance for ever in your generations: as ye [are], so shall the stranger be before the LORD.Numbers 15:29Ye shall have one law for him that sinneth through ignorance, [both for] him that is born among the children of Israel, and for the stranger that sojourneth among them.Leviticus 24:22Ye shall have one manner of law, as well for the stranger, as for one of your own country: for I [am] the LORD your God.Numbers 9:14And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.Galatians 3:28There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.Colossians 3:11Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond [nor] free: but Christ [is] all, and in all.
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