Now if the household is too small for a [a]lamb, then he and his neighbor nearest to his house are to take one according to the [b]number of persons in them; in proportion to [c]what each one should eat, you are to [d]divide the lamb. Your [e]lamb shall be (A)an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. [f]You shall keep it until the (B)fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to slaughter it [g](C)at twilight.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 12:4 Or kid
  2. Exodus 12:4 Or amount
  3. Exodus 12:4 Lit each man’s eating
  4. Exodus 12:4 Lit compute for
  5. Exodus 12:5 Or kid
  6. Exodus 12:6 Lit It shall be to you for a guarding
  7. Exodus 12:6 Lit between the two evenings

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. The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect,(A) and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month,(B) when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.(C)

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