Exodus 12:4-6

Living Bible

^3-4 Annually, on the tenth day of this month (announce this to all the people of Israel) each family shall get a lamb^[a] (or, if a family is small, let it share the lamb with another small family in the neighborhood; whether to share in this way depends on the size of the families). ⁵ This animal shall be a year-old male, either a sheep or a goat, without any defects.

⁶ “On the evening of the fourteenth day of this month, all these lambs shall be killed,