Exodus 12:3 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³ Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth of this month they are to take a lamb for each family, a lamb for each household.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ Tell all the congregation of Israel, On the tenth day of this month they shall take every man a lamb or kid, according to [the size of] the family of which he is the father, a lamb or kid for each house.

American Standard Version (1901)

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 their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household:

Common English Bible

³ Tell the whole Israelite community: On the tenth day of this month they must take a lamb for each household, a lamb per house.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ Speak to the entire assembly of the sons of Israel, and say to them: On the tenth day of this month, let everyone take a lamb, by their families and houses.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

³ Speak ye to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, and say to them: On the tenth day of this month let every man take a lamb by their families and houses.

Exodus 12:3 Cross References

Genesis 22:8

Abraham said, “God himself will provide the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” And the two of them walked on together.

Genesis 4:4

and Abel for his part brought of the firstlings of his flock, their fat portions. And the Lord had regard for Abel and his offering,

2 Chronicles 35:7

Then Josiah contributed to the people, as Passover offerings for all who were present, lambs and kids from the flock to the number of thirty thousand and three thousand bulls; these were from the king’s possessions.

Exodus 12:2

“This month shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you.

Exodus 12:21

Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go, select lambs for your families, and slaughter the Passover lamb.

Exodus 12:4

If a household is too small for a whole lamb, it shall join its closest neighbor in obtaining one; the lamb shall be divided in proportion to the number of people who eat of it.

Exodus 12:6

You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembled congregation of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight.

Exodus 14:15

Then the Lord said to Moses, “Why do you cry out to me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.

Exodus 20:19

and said to Moses, “You speak to us, and we will listen, but do not let God speak to us, lest we die.”

Exodus 4:30

Aaron spoke all the words that the Lord had spoken to Moses and performed the signs in the sight of the people.

Exodus 6:6

Say therefore to the Israelites: I am the Lord, and I will free you from the burdens of the Egyptians and deliver you from slavery to them. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great acts of judgment.

Ezekiel 40:1

In the twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth day of the month, in the fourteenth year after the city was struck down, on that very day, the hand of the Lord was upon me, and he brought me there.

Leviticus 1:2

“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When any of you bring an offering of livestock to the Lord, you shall bring your offering from the herd or from the flock.

Leviticus 5:6

and you shall bring to the Lord, as your penalty for the sin that you have committed, a female from the flock, a sheep or a goat, as a purification offering, and the priest shall make atonement on your behalf for your sin.

Numbers 15:11

“Thus it shall be done for each ox or ram or for each of the male lambs or the kids.

John 1:29

The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, “Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

John 1:36

and as he watched Jesus walk by he exclaimed, “Look, here is the Lamb of God!”

John 12:1

Six days before the Passover Jesus came to Bethany, the home of Lazarus, whom he had raised from the dead.

John 12:12

The next day the great crowd that had come to the festival heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

1 Corinthians 5:7

Clean out the old yeast so that you may be a new batch of dough, as you really are unleavened. For our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed.

Joshua 7:14

In the morning, therefore, you shall come forward tribe by tribe. The tribe that the Lord takes shall come near by clans, the clan that the Lord takes shall come near by households, and the household that the Lord takes shall come near one by one.

Revelation 13:8

and all the inhabitants of the earth will worship it, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb that was slaughtered.

1 Samuel 7:9

So Samuel took a sucking lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the Lord; Samuel cried out to the Lord for Israel, and the Lord answered him.