The Israelites should commemorate the day God kept a vigil over them to bring them out of Egypt. This is a decree for all eternity.

God then instructs Moses and Aaron on how to eat the Passover. Strangers should not eat it. Their slaves may have a part in it. But they should be circumcised.

They should eat it in a single house. They are forbidden either from bringing out the meat to the outside or breaking the animal’s bones.

The entire community of Israelites should eat Passover. If a stranger expresses his desire to share it, he and his household should be circumcised. God forbids an uncircumcised person from having it. Everyone who is circumcised should be treated as a citizen of Israel. Their laws should never discriminate among the citizens and the foreigners staying in the country.

Thus God brings His people out of Egypt with a mighty hand.