Exodus 12
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Exodus 12:3-6

3SpeakH1696 to allH3605 the congregationH5712 of IsraelH3478, sayingH559, ‘On the tenthH6218 of thisH2088 monthH2320 they are eachH376 oneH376 to takeH3947 a 1lambH7716 for themselves, according to their fathers’H1 householdsH1004, a 2lambH7716 for 3each householdH1004.

4Now ifH518 the householdH1004 is tooH4480 smallH4591 for a 4lambH7716, then he and his neighborH7934 nearestH7138 to his houseH1004 are to takeH3947 one according to the 5numberH4373 of personsH5315 in them; accordingH6310 to 6what eachH376 manH376 should eatH398, you are to 7divideH3699 the lambH7716.

5Your 8lambH7716 shall be 9an unblemishedH8549 maleH2145 a yearH8141 oldH1121; you may takeH3947 it from the sheepH3532 or from the goatsH5795.

610You shall keepH1961H4931 it untilH5704 the 11fourteenthH702H6240 dayH3117 of the sameH2088 monthH2320, then the wholeH3605 assemblyH6951 of the congregationH5712 of IsraelH3478 is to killH7819 it 1213at twilightH6153.

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Notes

  1. 1. Exodus 12:3 Or kid ↩
  2. 2. Exodus 12:3 Or kid ↩
  3. 3. Exodus 12:3 Lit the ↩
  4. 4. Exodus 12:4 Or kid ↩
  5. 5. Exodus 12:4 Or amount ↩
  6. 6. Exodus 12:4 Lit each man’s eating ↩
  7. 7. Exodus 12:4 Lit compute for ↩
  8. 8. Exodus 12:5 Or kid ↩
  9. 9. Exodus 12:5 Lev 22:18-21; 23:12; Heb 9:14; 1 Pet 1:19 ↩
  10. 10. Exodus 12:6 Lit It shall be to you for a guarding ↩
  11. 11. Exodus 12:6 Ex 12:14, 17; Lev 23:5; Num 9:1-3, 11; 28:16 ↩
  12. 12. Exodus 12:6 Lit between the two evenings ↩
  13. 13. Exodus 12:6 Ex 16:12; Deut 16:4, 6 ↩

Commentaries on Exodus 12

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