Exodus 12:5
“Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:”
Exodus 12:5 in 7 translations
- KJVKing 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:
- DRADouay–Rheims
- And it shall be a lamb without blemish, a male, of one year: according to which rite also you shall take a kid.
- ASVAmerican Standard Version
- Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old: ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats:
- DARBYDarby
- Your lamb shall be without blemish, a yearling male; ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats.
- WEBThe World English Bible
- Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats:
- YLTYoung'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.
- BPVBiblePics Version
- Your lamb must be without blemish, a male in its first year; you may take it from the sheep or the goats.
Context: Exodus 12
3Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
4And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
5Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
7And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
About Exodus 12: Passover
God institutes Passover
Commentary
Exodus 12 is a pivotal chapter in the book of Exodus, as it marks the beginning of the Israelites’ journey to freedom from slavery in Egypt. In this chapter, God instructs Moses and Aaron to tell the Israelites to prepare for the Passover, a special meal that will be a sign of their deliverance from bondage. The instructions are very specific, from the selection of the lamb to the preparation of the meal. The meal is to be eaten in haste, with the Israelites ready to leave Egypt at a moment’s notice.