Text: Numbers 9:1-14
OT Text Referred to: Exodus 12:48-49
Subject: foreigner Passover participation
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): Longitudinal Theme
Anchor Text: Exod 12 — The Passover
Significance: Exodus 12:48-49 establishes that foreigners may participate in Passover if circumcised: "One law (תּוֹרָה אַחַת, torah 'achat) shall apply to the native and to the stranger." Numbers 9:14 reaffirms this principle within the wilderness Passover legislation: "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 remarkable theological principle that Israel's foundational redemptive celebration is open to non-Israelites under the same terms, anticipating the inclusion of the nations in God's covenant community.
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Text: Exodus 12:48-49
OT Text Referred to: Numbers 9:1-14
Subject: one law for native and foreigner in Passover
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Allusion
Connection Method(s): None
Anchor Text: Exod 12 — The Passover
Significance: Exodus 12:48-49 establishes the foundational principle that "the same law shall apply to both the native and the foreigner" (תּוֹרָה אַחַת, torah achat) regarding Passover observance, and Numbers 9:14 explicitly reiterates this in the wilderness legislation: the foreigner must observe Passover "according to the Passover statute and its ordinances." This repetition across two distinct legal contexts—the night of the exodus and the wilderness encampment—reinforces that covenant inclusion through circumcision placed the ger under the same obligations and privileges as native-born Israelites. The shared vocabulary of "one statute" (חֻקָּה אַחַת, chuqqah achat) signals a deliberate legislative consistency.