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Exodus 12:3 KJV
Exodus · chapter 12 · verse 3
Speak 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:Exodus 12:3 · King James Version
Exodus 12:3 in context
1And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
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:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- congregationʻêdâha stated assemblageH5712 →
- fathersʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- Speakdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- tenthʻâsôwrtenH6218 →
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Moses and Aaron here receive of the Lord what they were afterwards to deliver to the people concerning the ordinance of the passover, to which is prefixed an order for a new style to be observed in their months (Exo 12:1, Exo 12:2): This shall be to you the beginning of months.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-20