Exodus 12:5

5 The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats.

Exodus 12:5 in Other Translations

KJV
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
ESV
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats,
NLT
5 The animal you select must be a one-year-old male, either a sheep or a goat, with no defects.
MSG
5 Your lamb must be a healthy male, one year old; you can select it from either the sheep or the goats.
CSB
5 You must have an unblemished animal, a year-old male; you may take it from either the sheep or the goats.

Exodus 12:5 In-Context

3 Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household.
4 If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbor, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat.
5 The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats.
6 Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.
7 Then they are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Exodus 29:1; Leviticus 1:3; Leviticus 3:1; Leviticus 4:3; Leviticus 22:18-21; 2Leviticus 3:12; Numbers 6:14; Numbers 15:8; Numbers 28:3; Deuteronomy 15:21; Deuteronomy 17:1; Hebrews 9:14; 1 Peter 1:19
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