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

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Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb[a](A) for his family, one for each household.(B)

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  1. Exodus 12:3 The Hebrew word can mean lamb or kid; also in verse 4.

(A)On the fourteenth day of the first month at twilight is the Lord’s Passover.

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The Lord’s Passover(A) begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.(B)

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“Let the children of Israel keep (A)the Passover at its appointed (B)time.

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“Have the Israelites celebrate the Passover(A) at the appointed time.(B)

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Therefore you shall sacrifice the Passover to the Lord your God, from the flock and (A)the herd, in the (B)place where the Lord chooses to put His name. You shall eat no leavened bread with it; (C)seven days you shall eat unleavened bread with it, that is, the bread of affliction (for you came out of the land of Egypt in haste), that you may (D)remember the day in which you came out of the land of Egypt all the days of your life. (E)And no leaven shall be seen among you in all your territory for seven days, nor shall any of the meat which you sacrifice the first day at twilight remain overnight until (F)morning.

“You may not sacrifice the Passover within any of your gates which the Lord your God gives you; but at the place where the Lord your God chooses to make His name abide, there you shall sacrifice the Passover (G)at twilight, at the going down of the sun, at the time you came out of Egypt. And you shall roast and eat it (H)in the place which the Lord your God chooses, and in the morning you shall turn and go to your tents. Six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and (I)on the seventh day there shall be a [a]sacred assembly to the Lord your God. You shall do no work on it.

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  1. Deuteronomy 16:8 Lit. restraint

Sacrifice as the Passover to the Lord your God an animal from your flock or herd at the place the Lord will choose as a dwelling for his Name.(A) Do not eat it with bread made with yeast, but for seven days eat unleavened bread, the bread of affliction,(B) because you left Egypt in haste(C)—so that all the days of your life you may remember the time of your departure from Egypt.(D) Let no yeast be found in your possession in all your land for seven days. Do not let any of the meat you sacrifice on the evening(E) of the first day remain until morning.(F)

You must not sacrifice the Passover in any town the Lord your God gives you except in the place he will choose as a dwelling for his Name. There you must sacrifice the Passover in the evening, when the sun goes down, on the anniversary[a](G) of your departure from Egypt. Roast(H) it and eat it at the place the Lord your God will choose. Then in the morning return to your tents. For six days eat unleavened bread and on the seventh day hold an assembly(I) to the Lord your God and do no work.(J)

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  1. Deuteronomy 16:6 Or down, at the time of day