And if a stranger shall sojourn among you, and will keep the passover unto the LORD; according to the ordinance of the passover, and according to the manner thereof, so shall he do: ye shall have one ordinance, both for the stranger, and for him that was born in the land.
If a stranger ... will keep the passover. Gentile converts, or proselytes, as they were afterward called, were admitted, if circumcised, to the same privileges as native Israelites, and were liable to excommunication if they neglected the Passover. But circumcision was an indispensable condition; and whoever did not submit to that rite were prohibited, under the sternest penalties, from eating the Passover.