Exodus 12:4

וְאִם ־ יִמְעַט הַבַּיִת מִהְיֹת מִשֶּׂה וְלָקַח הוּא וּשְׁכֵנוֹ הַקָּרֹב אֶל ־ בֵּיתוֹ בְּמִכְסַת נְפָשֹׁת אִישׁ לְפִי אָכְלוֹ תָּכֹסּוּ עַל ־ הַשֶּֽׂה ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.

In Context

3דַּבְּרוּ אֶֽל ־ כָּל ־ עֲדַת יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר בֶּעָשֹׂר לַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה וְיִקְחוּ לָהֶם אִישׁ שֶׂה לְבֵית ־ אָבֹת שֶׂה לַבָּֽיִת ׃

5שֶׂה תָמִים זָכָר בֶּן ־ שָׁנָה יִהְיֶה לָכֶם מִן ־ הַכְּבָשִׂים וּמִן ־ הָעִזִּים תִּקָּֽחוּ ׃

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Cross References

2 Samuel 19:35וַיֹּאמֶר בַּרְזִלַּי אֶל ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ כַּמָּה יְמֵי שְׁנֵי חַיַּי כִּי ־ אֶעֱלֶה אֶת ־ הַמֶּלֶךְ יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם ׃

Matthew Henry on Exodus 12:2-21

The Appointment of the Passover; the Feast of Unleavened Bread. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying, 2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you. 3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house: 4 And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his… Read the whole commentary →

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