Exodus 12:5 - Forerunner Commentary

Exodus 12:5

3 Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: ‘On the ^atenth of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household.

4 And if the household is too small for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of the persons; according to each man’s need you shall make your count for the lamb.

5 Your lamb shall be ^awithout blemish, a male of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

6 Now you shall keep it until the ^afourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight.

7 And they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and on the lintel of the houses where they eat it.

8 Then they shall eat the flesh on that ^anight; ^broasted in fire, with ^cunleavened bread and with bitter herbs they shall eat it.

9 Do not eat it raw, nor boiled at all with water, but ^aroasted in fire—its head with its legs and its entrails.

10 ^aYou shall let none of it remain until morning, and what remains of it until morning you shall burn with fire.

Verse Comparison: Exodus 12:5

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American Standard Version
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old: ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats:

Amplified® Bible
Your lamb {or} kid shall be without blemish, a male of the first year; you shall take it from the sheep or the goats.

Contemporary English Version
(SEE 12:4)

Darby English Version
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a yearling male; ye shall take [it] from the sheep, or from the goats.

Good News Bible
You may choose either a sheep or a goat, but it must be a one-year-old male without any defects.

King James Version
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

New American Standard Bible
`Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

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

New King James Version
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
'Your lamb shall consist of an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

Revised Standard Version
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old; you shall take it from the sheep or from the goats;

Young's Literal Translation
a lamb, a perfect one, a male, a son of a year, let be to you; from the sheep or from the goats ye do take `it'.

New English Translation
Your lamb must be¹ perfect,² a male, one year old;³ you may take⁴ it from the sheep or from the goats.

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