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Exodus 12:45

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A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.
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  1. Leviticus 22:10Rank 1 from verse 45
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    10There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

  2. Ephesians 2:12Rank 2 from verse 45
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    12That 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:

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Exodus 12:45

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hired

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of hire, meaning to employ or obtain work for payment.

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servant

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One who serves another; a worker, attendant, subject, bondservant, or appointed minister.

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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eat

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To take food into the body; to consume, devour, or waste away.

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44But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

45A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof.

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46In one house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.

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