Exodus 12:3-5

Holman Christian Standard Bible

³ Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month they must each select an animal of the flock according to their fathers’ households, one animal per household. ⁴ If the household is too small for a whole animal, that person and the neighbor nearest his house are to select one based on the combined number of people; you should apportion the animal according to what each person^[a] will eat. ⁵ You must have an unblemished^(A) animal, a year-old male; you may take it from either the sheep or the goats.