Exodus 12:48 meaning and explanation

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.

Exodus 12:48, Berean Standard Bible

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The LORD is speaking to Moses and Aaron, setting the statute of the Passover for Israel. A foreigner living among them was not barred from the meal; if he wished to celebrate it, every male in his household had to be circumcised first.

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