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Exodus 12:43

The Pulpit Commentary on Exodus 12:43

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

This is the ordinance of the passover—i.e; "This is the law, in respect of the persons who are to partake of it"—there shall no stranger eat thereof, or literally, "No son of a stranger shall eat thereof."

By a "stranger" here is meant one of a foreign race who wishes to retain his foreign character and to remain uncircumcised. Compare .

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