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Exodus 12:49

The stranger and outcastThe law

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.

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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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”
KJV
One law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
WEB
One law shall be to him who is born at home, and to the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you.”
ASV
One law shall be to him that is home-born, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
DARBY
One law shall be for him that is home-born and for the sojourner that sojourneth among you.
BLB
One law shall be for the native and for the sojourner who is sojourning in your⁺ midst.”
ÅB
Det skal være en og samme lov for den innfødte og for den fremmede som oppholder seg hos dere.
OTB
Den samme loven skal gjelde for den innfødte som for den fremmede som bor blant dere.»
B1930
Det skal være en og samme lov for den innfødte og for den fremmede som opholder sig hos eder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Numbers 15:15–16

    One 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.

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  • Numbers 15:29

    Ye 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.

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  • Numbers 9:14

    And 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.

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  • Leviticus 24:22

    Ye 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.

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  • Galatians 3:28

    There 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.

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