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46 It must be eaten in one house; you may not take any of its meat outside the house.(A) You shall not break any of its bones.[a] 47 The whole community of Israel must celebrate this feast. 48 If any alien(B) residing among you would celebrate the Passover for the Lord, all his males must be circumcised, and then he may join in its celebration just like the natives. But no one who is uncircumcised may eat of it.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:46 You shall not break any of its bones: the application of these words to Jesus on the cross (Jn 19:36) sees the Paschal lamb as a prophetic type of Christ, sacrificed to free men and women from the bondage of sin. Cf. also 1 Cor 5:7; 1 Pt 1:19.

46 “It must be eaten inside the house; take none of the meat outside the house. Do not break any of the bones.(A) 47 The whole community of Israel must celebrate it.

48 “A foreigner residing among you who wants to celebrate the Lord’s Passover must have all the males in his household circumcised; then he may take part like one born in the land.(B) No uncircumcised(C) male may eat it.

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