Exodus 12:48 “A foreigner residing among you who wants to celebrate the Lord’s Passover must have all the males in his household circumcised; then he may take part like one born in the land. No uncircumcised male may eat it.
Commentary compares the liberation of Israel to pregnancy and the birth of a baby. I find the analogy interesting. The 430 years was the gestation, the growing of cells into a human who can survive outside the womb. The plagues are compared to labor pains. The exodus of the Israelites to the actual birth, in this case of a new nation.
Exodus 12:49 The same law applies both to the native-born and to the foreigner residing among you.”
The Israelites in Egypt had lived through 430 years of what happens when you aren’t obedient to God. I wonder if that trauma contained the seeds that would become the Pharisees and Sadducees with their stringent rules and laws and observations. Honestly, I think I could understand if it did.
Exodus 12:50 All the Israelites did just what the Lord had commanded Moses and Aaron.
Precious Savior, Thank You that You do not want our hearts tied to You through fear and rule following. You want us, heart and soul. You want us to seek to know You more and better every single day. You want us to love like You love, which can be messy and painful and frustrating but is always the right thing to do. Help us, Jesus. Amen.
Exodus 12:51 And on that very day the Lord brought the Israelites out of Egypt by their divisions.
Have a blessed day.