Institution of the Passover

Exodus 12

43 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is h the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat it. 44 "But every man's servant who is bought for money, when you have i circumcised him, then he may eat it. 45 j "A sojourner and a hired servant shall not eat it. 46 "In one house it shall be eaten; you shall not carry any of the flesh outside the house, k nor shall you break one of its bones. 47 l "All the congregation of Israel shall keep it. 48 "And m when a stranger 1 dwells with you and wants to 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 a native of the land. For no uncircumcised person shall eat it. 49 n "One law shall be for the native-born and for the stranger who dwells among you."

50 Thus all the children of Israel did; as the LORD commanded Moses and Aaron, so they did. 51 o And it came to pass, on that very same day, that the LORD brought the children of Israel out of the land of Egypt p according to their armies.

  1. Cross References
    Exodus 12:11
    And thus you shall eat it: with a belt on your waist, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. So you shall eat it in haste. It is the LORD's Passover.
    Numbers 9:14
    'And if a stranger dwells among you, and would keep the LORD's Passover, he must do so according to the rite of the Passover and according to its ceremony; you shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger and the native of the land.'"
  2. Cross References
    Genesis 17:12
    He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised, every male child in your generations, he who is born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant.
    Genesis 17:13
    He who is born in your house and he who is bought with your money must be circumcised, and My covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
    Leviticus 22:11
    But if the priest buys a person with his money, he may eat it; and one who is born in his house may eat his food.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 22:10
    No outsider shall eat the holy offering; one who dwells with the priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat the holy thing.
  4. Cross References
    Numbers 9:12
    They shall leave none of it until morning, nor break one of its bones. According to all the ordinances of the Passover they shall keep it.
    Psalms 34:20
    He guards all his bones; Not one of them is broken.
    John 19:33
    But when they came to Jesus and saw that He was already dead, they did not break His legs.
    John 19:36
    For these things were done that the Scripture should be fulfilled, "Not one of His bones shall be broken.
  5. Cross References
    Exodus 12:6
    Now you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight.
    Numbers 9:13
    But the man who is clean and is not on a journey, and ceases to keep the Passover, that same person shall be cut off from among his people, because he did not bring the offering of the LORD at its appointed time; that man shall bear his sin.
    Numbers 9:14
    'And if a stranger dwells among you, and would keep the LORD's Passover, he must do so according to the rite of the Passover and according to its ceremony; you shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger and the native of the land.'"
  6. Cross References
    Numbers 9:14
    'And if a stranger dwells among you, and would keep the LORD's Passover, he must do so according to the rite of the Passover and according to its ceremony; you shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger and the native of the land.'"
  7. Cross References
    Leviticus 24:22
    'You shall have the same law for the stranger and for one from your own country; for I am the LORD your God.'"
    Numbers 15:15
    One ordinance shall be for you of the assembly and for the stranger who dwells with you, an ordinance forever throughout your generations; as you are, so shall the stranger be before the LORD.
    Numbers 15:16
    'One law and one custom shall be for you and for the stranger who dwells with you.'"
    Galatians 3:28
    There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
  8. Cross References
    Exodus 12:41
    And it came to pass at the end of the four hundred and thirty years - on that very same day - it came to pass that all the armies of the LORD went out from the land of Egypt.
    Exodus 20:2
    I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
  9. Cross References
    Exodus 6:26
    These are the same Aaron and Moses to whom the LORD said, "Bring out the children of Israel from the land of Egypt according to their armies.
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