Exodus 12:5

A lamb without defect a male a year old, shall yours be,—from the sheep or from the goats, shall ye take it.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

In Context

4But if the household be too small for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbour that is near unto his house take one, according to the number of souls,—each man according to his eating, shall ye number for the lamb.

6So shall it be yours, to keep, until the fourteenth day of this month,—then shall all the convocation of the assembly of Israel slay it between the two evenings.

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Cross References

Leviticus 1:3If an ascending-sacrifice, be his oblation—of the herd, a male without defect, shall he bring near,—unto the entrance of the tent of meeting, shall he bring it, for its acceptance, before Yahweh.

Leviticus 22:18Speak unto Aaron, and unto his sons, and unto all the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them—What man, soever, of the house of Israel, or of the sojourners in Israel, may bring near his oblation, as regardeth any of their vows, or any of their freewill offerings which they may bring near unto Yahweh, as an ascending-sacrifice,

Numbers 7:39one choice young bullock one ram one he-lamb of the first year as an ascending-sacrifice;

1 Samuel 13:1Saul was [thirty] years old when he began to reign; and, when he had reigned two years over Israel,

Malachi 1:14But accursed is he that defraudeth, who, when there is in his flock a male, yet voweth and sacrificeth a corrupt thing to the Lord, for, a great king, am I, saith Yahweh of hosts, and, my Name, is revered among the nations.

Hebrews 9:13For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the profaned, halloweth unto the purity of the flesh,

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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