45A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
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There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 43-51)Some further precepts are here given concerning the passover, as it should be observed in times to come. I. All the congregation of Israel must keep it , Exod. 12:47. All that share in God’s mercies should join in thankful praises for them. Though it was observed in families apart, yet it is looked upon as the act of the whole congregation; for the smaller communities constituted the greater. The…
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