Exodus 12:5

Easy To Read Version

The lamb must be a one-year-old male, and it must be completely healthy. This animal can be either a young sheep or a young goat.

Cross References

Exodus 12:4

If there are not enough people in his house to eat a whole lamb, then he should invite some of his neighbors to share the meal. There must be enough lamb for everyone to eat.

Leviticus 1:10

“When a person offers a sheep or a goat as a burnt offering, then that animal must be a male animal that has nothing wrong with it.

Leviticus 1:3

“When a person offers one of his cows as a burnt offering, then that animal must be a bull that has nothing wrong with it. The person must take the animal to the entrance of the Meeting Tent. [2] Then the Lord will accept the offering.

Leviticus 23:12

“On the day when you wave the sheaf, [401] you will offer a one-year-old male lamb. There must be nothing wrong with that lamb. That lamb will be a burnt offering to the Lord.

Malachi 1:14

Some people have good, male animals that they could give as sacrifices. \{But they don’t give those good animals to me.\} Some people bring good animals to me. They promise to give those healthy animals to me. But then they secretly exchange those good animals and they give me sick animals. Bad things will happen to those people! I am the Great King. \{You should respect me!\} People all around the world respect me!” The Lord All-Powerful said those things!

Deuteronomy 17:1

“You must not sacrifice to the Lord your God a cow or sheep if there is anything wrong with it. Why? Because the Lord your God hates it!

Hebrews 7:26

So Jesus is the kind of high priest {\cf2\super [73]} that we need. He is holy. {\cf2\super [74]} He has no sin in him. He is pure and not influenced by sinners. And he is raised above the heavens.

1 Samuel 13:1

At that time, Saul had been king one year. After Saul had ruled over Israel two years, [119]