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Exodus 12:3-6

3Speakדַּבְּר֗וּda.be.RuH1696ye unto all the congregationעֲדַ֤ת'a.DatH5712of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478,sayingלֵאמֹ֔רle.MorH559,In the tenthבֶּעָשֹׂ֖רbe.'a.SorH6218dayof this monthלַחֹ֣דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320they shall takeוְיִקְח֣וּve.yik.ChuH3947to them every manאִ֛ישׁ'ishH376a lambשֶׂ֥הsehH7716,according to the houseלְבֵית־le.veit-H1004of theirfathersאָבֹ֖ת'a.VotH1,a lambשֶׂ֥הsehH7716for an houseלַבָּֽיִת׃la.Ba.yitH1004:

4And if the householdהַבַּיִת֮ha.ba.YitH1004beמִהְיֹ֣תmih.YotH1961too littleיִמְעַ֣טyim.'AtH4591for the lambמִשֶּׂה֒mi.SehH7716,let him and his neighbourוּשְׁכֵנ֛וֹu.she.khe.NoH7934nextהַקָּרֹ֥בha.ka.RoH7138unto his houseבֵּית֖וֹbei.ToH1004takeוְלָקַ֣חve.la.KachH3947itaccording to the numberבְּמִכְסַ֣תbe.mikh.SatH4373of the soulsנְפָשֹׁ֑תne.fa.ShotH5315;every manאִ֚ישׁ'ishH376accordingלְפִ֣יle.FiH6310to his eatingאָכְל֔וֹ'a.khe.LoH400shall make your countתָּכֹ֖סּוּta.Kho.suH3699for the lambהַשֶּֽׂה׃ha.SehH7716.

5Your lambשֶׂ֥הsehH7716shall be without blemishתָמִ֛יםta.MimH8549,a maleזָכָ֥רza.KharH2145of the firstבֶּן־ben-H1121yearשָׁנָ֖הsha.NahH8141:ye shall takeתִּקָּֽחוּ׃ti.Ka.chuH3947itout from the sheepהַכְּבָשִׂ֥יםha.ke.va.SimH3532,or from the goatsהָעִזִּ֖יםha.'i.ZimH5795:

6And ye shall keepלְמִשְׁמֶ֔רֶתle.mish.Me.retH4931it up until the fourteenthאַרְבָּעָ֥ה עָשָׂ֛ר'ar.ba.'Ah 'a.SarH6240 H702dayי֖וֹםYomH3117of the same monthלַחֹ֣דֶשׁla.Cho.deshH2320:and the wholeכֹּ֛לkolH3605assemblyקְהַ֥לke.HalH6951of the congregationעֲדַֽת־'a.dat-H5712of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478shall killוְשָׁחֲט֣וּve.sha.cha.TuH7819it inבֵּ֥יןbeinH996the eveningהָעַרְבָּֽיִם׃ha.'ar.Ba.yimH6153.

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