Exodus 12:43

Good News Translation

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "These are the Passover regulations: No foreigner shall eat the Passover meal,

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The LORD said to Moshe and Aharon, "This is the ordinance of the Pesach. There shall no foreigner eat of it,

King James Version
And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:

Lexham English Bible
And Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the statute of the Passover: No foreigner may eat it.

New Century Version
The Lord told Moses and Aaron, "Here are the rules for Passover: No foreigner is to eat the Passover.

New English Translation
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover. No foreigner may share in eating it.

Amplified Bible
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover: no foreigner is to eat it;

New American Standard Bible
And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover: no foreigner is to eat it;

Geneva Bible (1587)
Also the Lorde said vnto Moses & Aaron, This is the Lawe of the Passeouer: no stranger shall eate thereof.

Legacy Standard Bible
And Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it;

Contemporary English Version
The Lord gave Moses and Aaron the following instructions for celebrating Passover: No one except Israelites may eat the Passover meal.

Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai said to Moshe and Aharon, "This is the regulation for the Pesach lamb: no foreigner is to eat it.

Darby Translation
And Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: No stranger shall eat of it;

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord told Moses and Aaron, "These are the rules for Passover: No foreigner is allowed to eat the Passover meal.

English Standard Version
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it,

George Lamsa Translation
Then the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover; no foreigner shall eat of it;

Christian Standard Bible®
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner may eat it.

Literal Translation
And Jehovah said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the Passover. No stranger may eat of it.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses and Aaron: This is the maner of the kepynge of Passeouer. There shal no strauger eate of it.

American Standard Version
And Jehovah said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no foreigner eat thereof;

Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, This is the law of the Passover: no man who is not an Israelite is to take of it:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses and Aaron, This is the lawe of passouer: there shall no straunger eate thereof.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron: 'This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no alien eat thereof;

King James Version (1611)
And the Lord saide vnto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the Passeouer: there shall no stranger eate thereof.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, This is the law of the passover: no stranger shall eat of it.

English Revised Version
And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: there shall no alien eat thereof:

Berean Standard Bible
And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner is to eat of it.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Also the Lord seide to Moises and Aaron, This is the religioun of fase; ech alien schal not ete therof;

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith unto Moses and Aaron, `This [is] a statute of the passover; Any son of a stranger doth not eat of it;

Update Bible Version
And Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: no foreigner shall eat thereof;

Webster's Bible Translation
And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, This [is] the ordinance of the passover: there shall no stranger eat of it.

World English Bible
Yahweh said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover. There shall no foreigner eat of it,

New King James Version
Genesis 17:9-14; Exodus 12:1-13">[xr] And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover: No foreigner shall eat it.

New Living Translation
Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "These are the instructions for the festival of Passover. No outsiders are allowed to eat the Passover meal.

New Life Bible
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the Law of the Passover. No stranger may eat of it.

New Revised Standard
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron: This is the ordinance for the passover: no foreigner shall eat of it,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And Yahweh said unto Moses and Aaron: This, is the statute of the passover, - No stranger, shall eat thereof;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: This is the service of the Phase; no foreigner shall eat of it.

Revised Standard Version
And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the passover: no foreigner shall eat of it;

THE MESSAGE
God said to Moses and Aaron, "These are the rules for the Passover: No foreigners are to eat it. Any slave, if he's paid for and circumcised, can eat it. No casual visitor or hired hand can eat it. Eat it in one house—don't take the meat outside the house. Don't break any of the bones. The whole community of Israel is to be included in the meal.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "This is the ordinance of the Passover: no foreigner is to eat of it;

Contextual Overview

⁴³ The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, "These are the Passover regulations: No foreigner shall eat the Passover meal, ⁴⁴ but any slave that you have bought may eat it if you circumcise him first. ⁴⁵ No temporary resident or hired worker may eat it. ⁴⁶ The whole meal must be eaten in the house in which it was prepared; it must not be taken outside. And do not break any of the animal's bones. ⁴⁷ The whole community of Israel must celebrate this festival, ⁴⁸ but no uncircumcised man may eat it. If a foreigner has settled among you and wants to celebrate Passover to honor the Lord , you must first circumcise all the males of his household. He is then to be treated like a native-born Israelite and may join in the festival. ⁴⁹ The same regulations apply to native-born Israelites and to foreigners who settle among you." ⁵⁰ All the Israelites obeyed and did what the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron. ⁵¹ On that day the Lord brought the Israelite tribes out of Egypt.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

There shall: Exodus 12:48, Leviticus 22:10, Numbers 9:14, Ephesians 2:12

Reciprocal: Exodus 12:14 - by an ordinance Exodus 12:19 - whether Exodus 23:15 - the feast Numbers 9:11 - fourteenth Numbers 9:12 - according Numbers 15:15 - an ordinance Numbers 28:16 - General Deuteronomy 14:21 - the stranger 2 Chronicles 30:18 - the passover 2 Chronicles 30:25 - the strangers

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said unto Moses and Aaron,.... At the same time he acquainted them with the above things:

this is the ordinance of the passover; as before delivered, and these the laws and rules, according to which it is to be observed, as now related, both with respect to the lamb, and to the unleavened bread; and the following is an account of the persons that were to partake of it:

there shall no stranger eat thereof, one that is of another country, an entire Heathen, and unacquainted with, and does not profess the Jewish religion, which was the religion of God.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And the Lord said - From this verse to Exodus 13:16 are instructions regarding the Passover. Such instructions were needed when the Israelites were joined by the “mixed multitude:” of strangers; and they were probably given at Succoth, on the morning following the departure from Rameses.

No stranger - Literally, “son of a stranger.” The term is general; it includes all who were aliens from Israel, until they were incorporated into the nation by circumcision.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 43. This is the ordinance of the passover — From the last verse of this chapter it appears pretty evident that this, to the 50th verse inclusive, constituted a part of the directions given to Moses relative to the proper observance of the first passover, and should be read conjointly with the preceding account beginning at Exodus 12:21. It may be supposed that these latter parts contain such particular directions as God gave to Moses after he had given those general ones mentioned in the preceding verses, but they seem all to belong to this first passover.

There shall no stranger eat thereof — בן נכר ben nechar, the son of a stranger or foreigner, i.e., one who was not of the genuine Hebrew stock, or one who had not received circumcision; for any circumcised person might eat the passover, as the total exclusion extends only to the uncircumcised, see Exodus 12:48. As there are two sorts of strangers mentioned in the sacred writings; one who was admitted to all the Jewish ordinances, and another who, though he dwelt among the Jews, was not permitted to eat the passover or partake of any of their solemn feasts; it may be necessary to show what was the essential point of distinction through which the one was admitted and the other excluded.

In treatises on the religious customs of the Jews we frequently meet with the term proselyte, from the Greek προσηλυτος, a stranger or foreigner; one who is come from his own people and country to sojourn with another. All who were not descendants of some one of the twelve sons of Jacob, or of Ephraim and Manasseh, the two sons of Joseph, were reputed strangers or proselytes among the Jews. But of those strangers or proselytes there were two kinds, called among them proselytes of the gate, and proselytes of injustice or of the covenant. The former were such as wished to dwell among the Jews, but would not submit to be circumcised; they, however, acknowledged the true God, avoided all idolatry, and observed the seven precepts of Noah, but were not obliged to observe any of the Mosaic institutions. The latter submitted to be circumcised, obliged themselves to observe all the rites and ceremonies of the law, and were in nothing different from the Jews but merely in their having once been heathens. The former, or proselytes of the gate, might not eat the passover or partake of any of the sacred festivals; but the latter, the proselytes of the covenant, had the same rights, spiritual and secular, as the Jews themselves. See Exodus 12:48.