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Foreigners

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(out of doors). One not of Hebrew stock ( Ex. 12:45⁴⁵A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. (Exodus 12:45); Eph. 2:12¹²That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world: (Ephesians 2:12)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Those who were not of the lineage of Israel (Ex. 12:45⁴⁵A foreigner and an hired servant shall not eat thereof. (Exodus 12:45); Deut. 15:3³Of a foreigner thou mayest exact it again: but that which is thine with thy brother thine hand shall release; (Deuteronomy 15:3); Oba. 11). Also unconverted Gentiles (Eph. 2:19¹⁹Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellowcitizens with the saints, and of the household of God; (Ephesians 2:19)).