1. The Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in Egypt:
2. “This month is to be the first month of the year for you.
3. Give these instructions to the whole community of Israel: on the tenth day of this month each man must choose either a lamb or a young goat for his household.
4. If his family is too small to eat a whole animal, he and his next-door neighbour may share an animal, in proportion to the number of people and the amount that each person can eat.
5. You may choose either a sheep or a goat, but it must be a one-year-old male without any defects.