Exodus 12:19

Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eats that which is leavened, even that soul shall be cut off from the congregation of Israel, whether he be a stranger, or born in the land.

Verse 18 Read Chapter 12 Verse 20

George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Stranger. Hebrew ger, signifies also a proselyte. (Menochius) See ver. 43. Only those men who had been circumcised, were allowed to eat the Phase. Women, belonging to the Hebrews, might partake of it. The unclean were excluded. (Calmet)

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