12:43,44
The chapter ends with the “institution of the Passover”. The event was not just important as the means of getting them out of Egypt, but was pointing forward to a far greater Passover. Foreigners were not allowed to eat it. You had to be part of the redeemed community in order to partake. Likewise, Holy Communion means nothing to someone who is not a believer in Christ. Slaves, however, were allowed to eat it, if they had been circumcised. The status of slaves in Israel was higher than in the surrounding nations, and is far different from our picture of slavery.
12:45-51
There is a repeat of the ban on foreigners eating the Passover. The Passover was to be eaten within the house. It was part of your home life. No bones of the lamb were to be broken. John 19:36 so this being fulfilled in Jesus’ death on the cross when His bones were not broken. All the congregation were to partake in it. This is a feast for the whole body. Strangers were allowed to partake if they were circumcised, but the uncircumcised were not allowed to eat it. The native and the stranger were counted together.
So the people of Israel did as the Lord had commanded them, and they were brought out of the land of Egypt.
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