Exodus 12:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth 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.

That soul shall be cut off - i:e., that person shall be excommunicated, or excluded from the privileges of Israel.

Stranger. No foreigner could partake of the Passover, unless circumcised. The "stranger" specified as admissible to the privilege must, therefore, be considered a Gentile proselyte х geer (H1616) is different from the word used in Exodus 12:45]. He was what divines describe as 'Judaeus factus, non natus,' (Buxtorf, Lex., Mede,' vol. 1:, 'Disc.' 3; Beausobre's 'In- trod.')

Or born in the land - i:e., an Hebrew whose birth occurred in Egypt.

Exodus 12:19

19 Seven days shall there be no leaven found in your houses: for whosoever eateth 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.