But any slave who has been purchased may eat of it, after you have circumcised him.
The whole congregation must keep it together, for all who share God's mercies owe Him thankful praise. Only the circumcised may sit at this table, just as none now approach the Lord's supper without baptism first; we must be born again by the word before we can be nourished by it.
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Commenting on Exodus 12:43-51
A Gentile must first be circumcised and joined to the congregation before he can eat the passover; otherwise he has no part in it. Circumcision made him a proselyte of righteousness, equal in all respects to a native Israelite, and only then could he approach this ordinance.
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Seven days of unleavened bread commemorates Israel's hurried departure, when they had no time to leaven their dough. The Jews searched every corner with a candle to remove leaven from their houses. One who eats leaven during those days is cut off from the community and its privileges.
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Commenting on Exodus 12:15-51