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Exodus 12:1-6

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1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt,
2 "This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you.
2 “This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year.
3 Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household.
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 And if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each can eat you shall make your count for the lamb.
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 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats,
5 The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats.
6 and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight.
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.
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