Exodus 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.
Note The Hebrew word can mean lamb or kid; also in verses 4 and 5.
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:
Note lamb: or, kid
Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth day of this month, they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household;
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 their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household:
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Speak ye
- Exodus 4:30; Exodus 6:6; Exodus 14:15; Exodus 20:19; Leviticus 1:2
- in the tenth
- Exodus 12:6; John 12:1, 12
- take to
- Genesis 4:4; Genesis 22:8; 1 Samuel 7:9; John 1:29, 36; 1 Corinthians 5:7; Revelation 5:6–13; Revelation 7:9–14; Revelation 13:8
- lamb
- or, kid. The word {seh} means the young of both sheep and goats, and may be indifferently rendered either lamb or kid. It is evident from ver. 5 that the Hebrews might take either; but they generally preferred a lamb, from being of a more gentle nature.
- Leviticus 5:6; Numbers 15:11; 2 Chronicles 35:7
- an house
- The Israelites were divided into twelve tribes, these tribes into families, the families into houses, and the houses into particular persons.
- Numbers 1:1–54; Joshua 7:14