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Ex 12:44 King James But every man's servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Servant - The circumcision of the slave, thus enjoined formally on the first day that Israel became a nation, in accordance with the law given to Abraham, (see the margin reference) made him a true member of the family, equally entitled to all religious privileges. In the household of a priest the slave was even permitted to eat the consecrated food: Lev 22:11.
 
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11 But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.