1. And Hashem spoke unto Moshe and Aharon in Eretz Mitzrayim saying,
2. Hachodesh hazeh (this month) shall be unto you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.
3. Speak ye unto kol Adat Yisroel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a seh (lamb [see Yeshayah 53:7]), according to the bais avot, a seh for each bais;