Exodus 12:1–6 · BSB
12:1
Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
12:2
“This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.
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12:3
Tell 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.
12:4
If 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.
12:5
Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.
12:6
You 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.
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