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Hablen a toda la congregación de Israel, diciendo que el diez de este mes cada uno tome para sí un cordero en cada casa paterna, un cordero por familia.

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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:

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Tell the whole community of Israel, ‘On the tenth day of this month they each[a] must take a lamb[b] for themselves according to their families[c]—a lamb for each household.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 12:3 tn Heb “and they will take for them a man a lamb.” This is clearly a distributive, or individualizing, use of “man.”
  2. Exodus 12:3 tn The שֶּׂה (seh) is a single head from the flock, or smaller cattle, which would include both sheep and goats.
  3. Exodus 12:3 tn Heb “according to the house of their fathers.” The expression “house of the father” is a common expression for a family. sn The Passover was to be a domestic institution. Each lamb was to be shared by family members.
  4. Exodus 12:3 tn Heb “house” (also at the beginning of the following verse).