The Meaning of Exodus 12:43 Explained

Exodus 12:43

KJV: And the LORD said unto Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the passover: There shall no stranger eat thereof:

YLT: And Jehovah saith unto Moses and Aaron, 'This is a statute of the passover; Any son of a stranger doth not eat of it;

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

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

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the LORD  said  unto Moses  and Aaron,  This [is] the ordinance  of the passover:  There shall no stranger  eat  thereof: 

What does Exodus 12:43 Mean?

Context Summary

Exodus 12:37-51 - Israel Led Out Of Egypt
The 600,000 were males above 20 years of age, Numbers 1:3-43. This would make the entire body not less than 2,000,000 of people of all ages. Succoth was the first rallying point on which the various bands converged. It stood in open country, over which their flocks and herds spread themselves. It was, indeed, a night to be observed, when the Exodus took place, because, as Bunsen says, it was the beginning of history; and we may almost say further that it was the hour when Israel was born as a nation. God called His son out of Egypt. At that moment also the period of which Abraham had been apprised ran out. See Genesis 15:13; Galatians 3:17; and Exodus 12:40 here.
Notice the stress laid on circumcision, which was the type of putting away the sins of the flesh. See Colossians 2:11. We must be separated from sin, before we can claim our portion in the Paschal Lamb, or join the Exodus. [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 12

1  The beginning of the year is changed
3  The Passover is instituted
11  The import of the rite of the Passover
15  Unleavened bread
29  The firstborn are slain
31  The Israelites are driven out of the land
37  They come to Succoth
41  The time of their sojourning
43  The ordinance of the Passover

What do the individual words in Exodus 12:43 mean?

And said Yahweh to Moses and Aaron this [is] the ordinance of the Passover any son of a foreigner not shall eat it
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יְהוָה֙ אֶל־ מֹשֶׁ֣ה וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן זֹ֖את חֻקַּ֣ת הַפָּ֑סַח כָּל־ בֶּן־ נֵכָ֖ר לֹא־ יֹ֥אכַל בּֽוֹ

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר  And  said 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַר 
Sense: to say, speak, utter.
יְהוָה֙  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
מֹשֶׁ֣ה  Moses 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: מֹשֶׁה  
Sense: the prophet and lawgiver, leader of the exodus.
וְאַהֲרֹ֔ן  and  Aaron 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: אַהֲרֹון  
Sense: brother of Moses, a Levite and the first high priest.
זֹ֖את  this 
Parse: Pronoun, feminine singular
Root: זׄאת  
Sense: this, this one, here, which, this … that, the one … the other, such.
חֻקַּ֣ת  [is]  the  ordinance 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: חֻקָּה  
Sense: statute, ordinance, limit, enactment, something prescribed.
הַפָּ֑סַח  of  the  Passover 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: פֶּסַח  
Sense: passover.
כָּל־  any 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
בֶּן־  son 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
נֵכָ֖ר  of  a  foreigner 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: נֵכָר  
Sense: foreign, alien, foreignness, that which is foreign.
יֹ֥אכַל  shall  eat 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.

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