Text: Numbers 9:1
OT Text Referred to: Exodus 12:48
Subject: alternate Passover timing
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Anchor Text: Exod 12 — The Passover
Significance: Exodus 12:48 establishes the rule for foreigners participating in Passover: "If a stranger dwells with you and wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, every male in his household must be circumcised." Numbers 9:14 reaffirms this provision: "If a foreigner residing among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he must do so according to the statute and ordinance of the Passover. You shall have one statute for the foreigner and the native." Both texts share the principle that Passover participation is open to non-Israelites on the condition of circumcision and full compliance with the Passover statute -- one law (חֻקָּה אַחַת, chuqqah 'achat) governs both native and sojourner.
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Text: Exodus 12:48
OT Text Referred to: Numbers 9:1
Subject: foreigner inclusion in Passover observance
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Anchor Text: Exod 12 — The Passover
Significance: Exodus 12:48 establishes the principle that a circumcised foreigner (גֵּר, ger) may participate in the Passover "like a native of the land," and Numbers 9:14 reaffirms this provision: "If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute." Both texts apply "the same statute" (חֻקָּה אַחַת, chuqqah achat) to native and foreigner alike. This legislative consistency across Exodus and Numbers demonstrates that the Passover was never intended as an ethnically exclusive ordinance but was open to all who entered the covenant community through circumcision.