"But ifa strangersojournswith you, and celebratesthe Passoverto the LORD,let allhis malesbe circumcised,and thenlet him comenearto celebrateit; and he shall be like a nativeof the land.But nouncircumcisedperson may eatof it.
"And you shall be circumcisedin the fleshof your foreskin,and it shall be the signof the covenantbetweenMe and you.
"And everymaleamong you who is eightdaysoldshall be circumcisedthroughout your generations,a [servant] whois bornin the houseor whois boughtwith moneyfrom anyforeigner,whois not of your descendants.
Sevendaysthere shall be noleavenfoundin your houses;for whoevereatswhatis leavened,that personshall be cutofffrom the congregationof Israel,whether [he is] an alienor a nativeof the land.
The LORDsaidto Mosesand Aaron,"Thisis the ordinanceof the Passover:noforeigneris to eatof it;
"For anyoneof the houseof Israelor of the immigrantswhostayin Israelwho separateshimself from Me, setsup his idolsin his heart,putsrightbeforehis facethe stumblingblockof his iniquity,and [then] comesto the prophetto inquireof Me for himself, I the LORDwill be broughtto answerhim in My own person.
Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Noforeigneruncircumcisedin heartand uncircumcisedin flesh,of allthe foreignerswhoare amongthe sonsof Israel,shall enterMy sanctuary.
"You shall divideit by lotfor an inheritanceamong yourselves and among the alienswho stayin your midst,whobringforthsonsin your midst.And they shall be to you as the native-bornamong the sonsof Israel;they shall be allottedan inheritancewith you amongthe tribesof Israel.
The strangerwho resideswith you shall be to you as the nativeamongyou, and you shall lovehim as yourself, for you were aliensin the landof Egypt;I am the LORDyour God.
Ifan aliensojournsamongyou and observesthe Passoverto the LORD,according to the statuteof the Passoverand according to its ordinance,sohe shall do;you shall haveonestatute,both for the alienand for the nativeof the land.'"
Thereis neitherJewnorGreek,thereis neitherslavenorfree man,thereis neithermalenorfemale;for you are allonein ChristJesus.
[a renewal] in whichthereis no[distinction between] Greekand Jew,circumcisedand uncircumcised,barbarian,Scythian,slaveand freeman,but Christis all,and in all.
