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Exodus 12:44

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:

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.

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BSB
But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it, after you have circumcised him.
KJV
But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
WEB
but every man’s servant who is bought for money, when you have circumcised him, then shall he eat of it.
ASV
but every man`s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
DARBY
but every man's bondman that is bought for money let him be circumcised: then shall he eat it.
BLB
And every man’s servant purchased of silver, when you have circumcised him, then he may eat of it.
ÅB
Men enhver slave som er kjøpt for sølv, ham skal du omskjære; da kan han spise av det.
OTB
men for enhver slave som noen har kjøpt for penger, etter at du har omskåret ham, da kan han spise den.
B1930
Men enhver træl som er kjøpt for sølv, ham skal du omskjære; da kan han ete av det.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 17:12–13

    And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of thy seed.

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  • Genesis 17:23

    And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.

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