Exodus 12:1-9 ▼

1 Now the LORD {YHWH} said to Moses (drawn out) and Aaron (light bringer) in the land of Egypt (land of bondage),

2 “This month is the beginning of months for you⁺; it shall be the first month of your⁺ year.

3 Tell the whole congregation of Israel (he wrestles with God) that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb (lamb) for his family, one per household.

4 If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.

5 Your⁺ lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you⁺ may take it from the sheep or the goats.

6 You⁺ must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel (he wrestles with God) will slaughter the animals at twilight \between the two evenings/.

7 They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes \on the two doorposts and on the lintel/ of the houses where they eat the lambs.

8 They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.

9 Do not eat any of the meat raw or cooked in boiling water, but only roasted over the fire—its head and legs and inner parts.