Exodus 12:5

New Century Version

The lamb must be a one-year-old male that has nothing wrong with it. 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, he must share it with his closest neighbor, considering the number of people. There must be enough lamb for everyone to eat.

Leviticus 1:10

“ ‘If the burnt offering is a sheep or a goat from the flock, it must be a male that has nothing wrong with it.

Leviticus 1:3

“ ‘If the offering is a whole burnt offering from the herd, it must be a male that has nothing wrong with it. The person must take the animal to the entrance of the Meeting Tent so that the Lord will accept the offering.

Leviticus 23:12

“ ‘On the day when you present the bundle of grain, offer a male lamb, one year old, that has nothing wrong with it, as a burnt offering to the Lord.

Malachi 1:14

“The person who cheats will be cursed. He has a male animal in his flock and promises to offer it, but then he offers to the Lord an animal that has something wrong with it. I am a great king,” says the Lord All-Powerful, “and I am feared by all the nations.

Deuteronomy 17:1

If an ox or sheep has something wrong with it, do not offer it as a sacrifice to the Lord your God. He would hate that.

Hebrews 7:26

Jesus is the kind of high priest we need. He is holy, sinless, pure, not influenced by sinners, and he is raised above the heavens.

1 Samuel 13:1

Saul was thirty years old when he became king, and he was king over Israel forty-two years.