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

3Announce to the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each family must choose a lamb or a young goat for a sacrifice, one animal for each household. 4If a family is too small to eat a whole animal, let them share with another family in the neighborhood. Divide the animal according to the size of each family and how much they can eat. The animal you select must be a one-year-old male, either a sheep or a goat, with no defects. 6“Take special care of this chosen animal until the evening of the fourteenth day of this first month. Then the whole assembly of the community of Israel must slaughter their lamb or young goat at twilight. 7They are to take some of the blood and smear it on the sides and top of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the animal.

Exodus 12:5 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Your lambשֶׂהώeh ώêy · sheepH7716
• shall be without blemishתָּמִיםtâmîym · unblemishedH8549
• a maleזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145
• of the firstבֵּןbên · son: agedH1121
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• ye shall takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• out from the sheepכֶּ֫בֶשׂkebeώ · lambH3532
• or from the goatsעֵז‛êz · goatH5795

Cross-references for Exodus 12:5

• Leviticus 1:3“If the animal you present as a burnt offering is from the herd, it must be a male with no defects. Bring it to the entrance of the Tabernacle so you may be accepted by the Lord.
• Leviticus 22:19you will be accepted only if your offering is a male animal with no defects. It may be a bull, a ram, or a male goat.
• Deuteronomy 17:1“Never sacrifice sick or defective cattle, sheep, or goats to the Lord your God, for he detests such gifts.
• Malachi 1:7“You have shown contempt by offering defiled sacrifices on my altar. “Then you ask, ‘How have we defiled the sacrifices?’ “You defile them by saying the altar of the Lord deserves no respect.
• Hebrews 7:26He is the kind of high priest we need because he is holy and blameless, unstained by sin. He has been set apart from sinners and has been given the highest place of honor in heaven.
• Hebrews 9:13Under the old system, the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer could cleanse people’s bodies from ceremonial impurity.
• 1 Peter 1:18For you know that God paid a ransom to save you from the empty life you inherited from your ancestors. And it was not paid with mere gold or silver, which lose their value.
• Leviticus 23:12On that same day you must sacrifice a one-year-old male lamb with no defects as a burnt offering to the Lord.
• 1 Samuel 13:1Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he reigned for 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