The Meaning of Exodus 12:44 Explained

Exodus 12:44

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

YLT: and any man's servant, the purchase of money, when thou hast circumcised him -- then he doth eat of it;

Darby: but every man's bondman that is bought for money let him be circumcised: then shall he eat it.

ASV: but every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Exodus 12:44 Mean?

Context Summary

Exodus 12:37-51 - Israel Led Out Of Egypt
The 600,000 were males above 20 years of age, Numbers 1:3-43. This would make the entire body not less than 2,000,000 of people of all ages. Succoth was the first rallying point on which the various bands converged. It stood in open country, over which their flocks and herds spread themselves. It was, indeed, a night to be observed, when the Exodus took place, because, as Bunsen says, it was the beginning of history; and we may almost say further that it was the hour when Israel was born as a nation. God called His son out of Egypt. At that moment also the period of which Abraham had been apprised ran out. See Genesis 15:13; Galatians 3:17; and Exodus 12:40 here.
Notice the stress laid on circumcision, which was the type of putting away the sins of the flesh. See Colossians 2:11. We must be separated from sin, before we can claim our portion in the Paschal Lamb, or join the Exodus. [source]

Chapter Summary: Exodus 12

1  The beginning of the year is changed
3  The Passover is instituted
11  The import of the rite of the Passover
15  Unleavened bread
29  The firstborn are slain
31  The Israelites are driven out of the land
37  They come to Succoth
41  The time of their sojourning
43  The ordinance of the Passover

What do the individual words in Exodus 12:44 mean?

But every servant of man who is bought for money and when you have circumcised him then he may eat it
וְכָל־ עֶ֥בֶד אִ֖ישׁ מִקְנַת־ כָּ֑סֶף וּמַלְתָּ֣ה אֹת֔וֹ אָ֖ז יֹ֥אכַל בּֽוֹ

וְכָל־  But  every 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: כֹּל  
Sense: all, the whole.
עֶ֥בֶד  servant 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עֶבֶד  
Sense: slave, servant.
אִ֖ישׁ  of  man 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: אִישׁ 
Sense: man.
מִקְנַת־  who  is  bought  for 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: מִקְנָה  
Sense: purchase.
כָּ֑סֶף  money 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּסֶף  
Sense: silver, money.
וּמַלְתָּ֣ה  and  when  you  have  circumcised 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: מוּל 
Sense: to circumcise, let oneself be circumcised, cut, be cut off.
יֹ֥אכַל  he  may  eat 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.

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