Focused Passage

Exodus 12:43-51

Passover, Judgment, and the Exodus from Egypt

The LORD institutes Passover and Unleavened Bread, shelters Israel through the blood of the lamb, strikes Egypt’s firstborn, brings Israel out with provision, and commands the redeemed people to remember and observe this deliverance.

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43 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.

44 But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it, after you have circumcised him.

45 A temporary resident or hired hand shall not eat the Passover.

46 It must be eaten inside one house. You are not to take any of the meat outside the house, and you may not break any of the bones.

47 The whole congregation of Israel must celebrate it.

48 If a foreigner resides with you and wants to celebrate the LORD’s Passover, all the males in the household must be circumcised; then he may come near to celebrate it, and he shall be like a native of the land. But no uncircumcised man may eat of it.

49 The same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner who resides among you.”

50 Then all the Israelites did this—they did just as the LORD had commanded Moses and Aaron.

51 And on that very day the LORD brought the Israelites out of the land of Egypt by their divisions.

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Verse 43

Original words

And the LORD יְהוָה֙ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular said וַיֹּ֤אמֶר H559 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition Moses מֹשֶׁ֣ה H4872 Noun - proper - masculine singular and Aaron וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן H175 Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular This זֹ֖את H2063 Pronoun - feminine singular is the statute חֻקַּ֣ת H2708 Noun - feminine singular construct of the Passover הַפָּ֑סַח H6453 Article | Noun - masculine singular No כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct . . . לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle foreigner בֶּן־ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct . . . נֵכָ֖ר H5236 Adjective - masculine singular is to eat יֹ֥אכַל H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular of it בּֽוֹ׃ Preposition | third person masculine singular
Verse 44

Original words

But any וְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct slave [who] עֶ֥בֶד H5650 Noun - masculine singular construct vvv אִ֖ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular has been purchased מִקְנַת־ H4736 Noun - feminine singular construct . . . כָּ֑סֶף H3701 Noun - masculine singular may eat יֹ֥אכַל H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular of it בּֽוֹ׃ Preposition | third person masculine singular after you have circumcised him וּמַלְתָּ֣ה H4135 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular - אֹת֔וֹ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine singular - אָ֖ז H227 Adverb
Verse 45

Original words

A temporary resident תּוֹשָׁ֥ב H8453 Noun - masculine singular or hired hand וְשָׂכִ֖יר H7916 Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular shall not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle eat יֹ֥אכַל־ H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular [the Passover] בּֽוֹ׃ Preposition | third person masculine singular
Verse 46

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It must be eaten יֵאָכֵ֔ל H398 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular inside one אֶחָד֙ H259 Number - masculine singular house בְּבַ֤יִת H1004 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular You are not לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle to take תוֹצִ֧יא H3318 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular any of מִן־ H4480 Preposition the meat הַבָּשָׂ֖ר H1320 Article | Noun - masculine singular outside מִן־ H4480 Preposition . . . ח֑וּצָה H2351 Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular the house הַבַּ֛יִת H1004 Article | Noun - masculine singular and you may not לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle break תִשְׁבְּרוּ־ H7665 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural any of the bones וְעֶ֖צֶם H6106 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 47

Original words

The whole כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct congregation עֲדַ֥ת H5712 Noun - feminine singular construct of Israel יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular must celebrate יַעֲשׂ֥וּ H6213 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural it אֹתֽוֹ׃ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine singular
Verse 48

Original words

If וְכִֽי־ H3588 Conjunction a foreigner גֵּ֗ר H1616 Noun - masculine singular resides יָג֨וּר H1481 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular with אִתְּךָ֜ H854 Preposition | second person masculine singular you and wants to celebrate וְעָ֣שָׂה H6213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular the LORD’s לַיהוָה֒ H3068 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Passover פֶסַח֮ H6453 Noun - masculine singular all the כָל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct males [in the household] זָכָ֗ר H2145 Noun - masculine singular must be circumcised הִמּ֧וֹל H4135 Verb - Nifal - Infinitive absolute then וְאָז֙ H227 Conjunctive waw | Adverb he may come near יִקְרַ֣ב H7126 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular to celebrate it לַעֲשֹׂת֔וֹ H6213 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular and he shall be וְהָיָ֖ה H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular like a native כְּאֶזְרַ֣ח H249 Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct of the land הָאָ֑רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular . . . וְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct But no לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle uncircumcised man עָרֵ֖ל H6189 Adjective - masculine singular may eat יֹ֥אכַל H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular of it בּֽוֹ׃ Preposition | third person masculine singular
Verse 49

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The same אַחַ֔ת H259 Number - feminine singular law תּוֹרָ֣ה H8451 Noun - feminine singular shall apply יִהְיֶ֖ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular to both the native לָֽאֶזְרָ֑ח H249 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular and the foreigner וְלַגֵּ֖ר H1616 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular who resides הַגָּ֥ר H1481 Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular among you בְּתוֹכְכֶֽם׃ H8432 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Verse 50

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Then all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct the Israelites בְּנֵ֣י H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct . . . יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular did וַיַּֽעֲשׂ֖וּ H6213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural this כֵּ֥ן H3651 Adverb they did עָשֽׂוּ׃ס H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural just as כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר H834 Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative the LORD יְהוָ֛ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker had commanded צִוָּ֧ה H6680 Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular Moses מֹשֶׁ֥ה H4872 Noun - proper - masculine singular - וְאֶֽת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker and Aaron אַהֲרֹ֖ן H175 Noun - proper - masculine singular
Verse 51

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And וַיְהִ֕י H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular on that הַזֶּ֑ה H2088 Article | Pronoun - masculine singular very בְּעֶ֖צֶם H6106 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct day הַיּ֣וֹם H3117 Article | Noun - masculine singular the LORD יְהוָ֜ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker brought הוֹצִ֨יא H3318 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular the Israelites בְּנֵ֧י H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct . . . יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular out of the land מֵאֶ֥רֶץ H776 Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular construct of Egypt מִצְרַ֖יִם H4714 Noun - proper - feminine singular by עַל־ H5921 Preposition their divisions צִבְאֹתָֽם׃פ H6635 Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine plural

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