1. And Yahweh said to Moses and to Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2. “This month will be the beginning of months; it will be for you the first of the months of the year.
3. Speak to all the community of Israel, saying, ‘On the tenth of this month, they will each take for themselves a lamb for the family, a lamb for the household.
4. And if the household is too small for a lamb, he and the neighbor nearest to his house will take one according to the number of persons; you will count out portions of the lamb according to how much each one can eat.
5. The lamb for you must be a male, without defect, in its first year; you will take it from the sheep or from the goats.