Exodus 12:5

Exodus 12:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
• New International Version (NIV)The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

Context of Exodus 12:5

3Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household. 4If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly. Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats. 6You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight. 7They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.

Exodus 12:5 word by word

שֶׂ֥ה תָמִ֛ים זָכָ֥ר בֶּן־שָׁנָ֖ה יִהְיֶ֣ה לָכֶ֑ם מִן־הַכְּבָשִׂ֥ים וּמִן־הָעִזִּ֖ים תִּקָּֽחוּ׃Read the interlinear

• lambשֶׂהώeh ώêy · sheepH7716
• must beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• an unblemishedתָּמִיםtâmîym · unblemishedH8549
• year-oldבֵּןbên · son: agedH1121
• year-oldשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• maleזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145
• you may takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• it fromמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• the sheepכֶּ֫בֶשׂkebeώ · lambH3532
• or the goatsעֵז‛êz · goatH5795

Cross-references for Exodus 12:5

• Leviticus 1:3If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.
• Leviticus 22:19must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
• Deuteronomy 17:1You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.
• Malachi 1:7By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.
• Hebrews 7:26Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
• Hebrews 9:13For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,
• 1 Peter 1:18For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
• Leviticus 23:12On the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD,
• 1 Samuel 13:1Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned over Israel forty-two years.

Commentaries on Exodus 12:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Without blemish - Having no natural imperfection, no disease, no deficiency or redundancy of parts. On this point the rabbins have trifled most egregiously, reckoning fifty blemishes that render a lamb or kid, or any animal, improper to be sacrificed: five in the ear, three in the eyelid, eight in the eye, three in the nose, six in the mouth, etc., etc. A male of the first year - That is, any age in the first year between eight days and twelve months…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Without blemish - This is in accordance with the general rule (margin reference): although in this case there is a special reason, since the lamb was in place of the firstborn male in each household. The restriction to the first year is unique, and refers apparently to the condition of perfect innocence in the antitype, the Lamb of God.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5unblemished: We must give God our best, just as he gave us his best: “Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot” (1 Peter 1:19).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. lamb ... without blemish--The smallest deformity or defect made a lamb unfit for sacrifice--a type of Christ (He 7:26; 1Pe 1:19). a male of the first year--Christ in the prime of life.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 12:5

• Atonement
• Goat
• Israel
• Month
• Passover
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Exodus 12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings