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Exodus 12:40-45 New International Version (NIV)

40. Now the length of time the Israelite people lived in Egypt was 430 years.

41. At the end of the 430 years, to the very day, all the Lord’s divisions left Egypt.

42. Because the Lord kept vigil that night to bring them out of Egypt, on this night all the Israelites are to keep vigil to honor the Lord for the generations to come.

43. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “These are the regulations for the Passover meal: “No foreigner may eat it.

44. Any slave you have bought may eat it after you have circumcised him,

45. but a temporary resident or a hired worker may not eat it.

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