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You may take it from the sheep or from the goats,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/12.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/12.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take <i>it</i> out from the sheep, or from the goats:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/12.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You may take <i>it</i> from the sheep or from the goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/12.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/12.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/12.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/12.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Your lamb shall be a male, without blemish, a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/12.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Your lamb <i>or</i> young goat shall be [perfect] without blemish <i>or</i> bodily defect, a male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/12.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You must have an unblemished animal, a year-old male; you may take it from either the sheep or the goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/12.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You must have an unblemished animal, a year-old male; you may take it from either the sheep or the goats. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/12.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old: ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/12.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/12.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Your animal must be a one-year-old male that has no defects. You may choose a lamb or a young goat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/12.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You may choose either a sheep or a goat, but it must be a one-year-old male without any defects. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/12.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Your lamb is to be a year old male without blemish. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/12.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/12.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Your lamb must be perfect, a male, one year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/12.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/12.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it from the sheep or from the goats:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/12.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Your lamb shall be without defect, a male a year old. You shall take it from the sheep or from the goats. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/12.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />A lamb, a perfect one, a male, a son of a year, let [it] be to you; you take [it] from the sheep or from the goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/12.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> a lamb, a perfect one, a male, a son of a year, let be to you; from the sheep or from the goats ye do take it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/12.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />A perfect sheep, a male, the son of a year, shall be to you from the he-lambs and from the goats ye shall take.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/12.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And it shall be a lamb without blemish, a male, of one year: according to which rite also you shall take a kid. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/12.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And it shall be a lamb without blemish, a one year old male. According to this rite, you shall also take a young goat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/12.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Your lamb must be a year-old male and without blemish. You may take it from either the sheep or the goats.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/12.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Your lamb shall be without blemish, a year-old male; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/12.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The lamb shall be without blemish. a male of the first year; you shall take it from the lambs or from the kids:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/12.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />A lamb that does not have a defect in it, it shall be yours, a male lamb a year old; you will take it from the lambs or from the goats:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/12.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year; ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/12.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />It shall be to you a lamb unblemished, a male of a year old: ye shall take it of the lambs and the kids.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/12-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=2723" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/12.htm">The First Passover</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>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. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">Your</a> <a href="/hebrew/7716.htm" title="7716: śeh (N-ms) -- Or sey; probably from sha'ah through the idea of pushing out to graze; a member of a flock, i.e. A sheep or goat.">lamb</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">must be</a> <a href="/hebrew/8549.htm" title="8549: ṯā·mîm (Adj-ms) -- Complete, sound. From tamam; entire; also integrity, truth.">an unblemished</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">year-old</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2145.htm" title="2145: zā·ḵār (N-ms) -- Male. From zakar; properly, remembered, i.e. A male.">male,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: tiq·qā·ḥū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">and you may take</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">it from</a> <a href="/hebrew/3532.htm" title="3532: hak·kə·ḇā·śîm (Art:: N-mp) -- A lamb. From an unused root meaning to dominate; a ram.">the sheep</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: ū·min- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5795.htm" title="5795: hā·‘iz·zîm (Art:: N-fp) -- Female goat. From azaz; a she-goat, but masculine in plural.">or the goats.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/22-19.htm">Leviticus 22:19-21</a></span><br />must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf. / You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf. / When a man presents a peace offering to the LORD from the herd or flock to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, it must be without blemish or defect to be acceptable.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/28-3.htm">Numbers 28:3-11</a></span><br />And tell them that this is the food offering you are to present to the LORD as a regular burnt offering each day: two unblemished year-old male lambs. / Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight, / along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/15-21.htm">Deuteronomy 15:21</a></span><br />But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/1-8.htm">Malachi 1:8</a></span><br />When you offer blind animals for sacrifice, is it not wrong? And when you present the lame and sick ones, is it not wrong? Try offering them to your governor! Would he be pleased with you or show you favor?” asks the LORD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/1-19.htm">1 Peter 1:19</a></span><br />but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/1-3.htm">Leviticus 1:3</a></span><br />If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/3-1.htm">Leviticus 3:1</a></span><br />“If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/4-32.htm">Leviticus 4:32</a></span><br />If, however, he brings a lamb as a sin offering, he must bring an unblemished female.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/9-3.htm">Leviticus 9:3</a></span><br />Then speak to the Israelites and say, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb—both a year old and without blemish—for a burnt offering,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/23-12.htm">Leviticus 23:12</a></span><br />On the day you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a year-old lamb without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/6-14.htm">Numbers 6:14</a></span><br />and he is to present an offering to the LORD of an unblemished year-old male lamb as a burnt offering, an unblemished year-old female lamb as a sin offering, and an unblemished ram as a peace offering—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/19-2.htm">Numbers 19:2</a></span><br />“This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/17-1.htm">Deuteronomy 17:1</a></span><br />You shall not sacrifice to the LORD your God an ox or a sheep with any defect or serious flaw, for that is detestable to the LORD your God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/45-23.htm">Ezekiel 45:23</a></span><br />Each day during the seven days of the feast, he shall provide seven bulls and seven rams without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD, along with a male goat for a sin offering.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/9-14.htm">Hebrews 9:14</a></span><br />how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: you shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:</p><p class="hdg">be without</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/1-3.htm">Leviticus 1:3,10</a></b></br> If his offering <i>be</i> a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/22-19.htm">Leviticus 22:19-24</a></b></br> <i>Ye shall offer</i> at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/17-1.htm">Deuteronomy 17:1</a></b></br> Thou shalt not sacrifice unto the LORD thy God <i>any</i> bullock, or sheep, wherein is blemish, <i>or</i> any evilfavouredness: for that <i>is</i> an abomination unto the LORD thy God.</p><p class="hdg">a male of the first year.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/23-12.htm">Leviticus 23:12</a></b></br> And ye shall offer that day when ye wave the sheaf an he lamb without blemish of the first year for a burnt offering unto the LORD.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/13-1.htm">1 Samuel 13:1</a></b></br> Saul reigned one year; and when he had reigned two years over Israel,</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/9-25.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/revelation/14-5.htm">Blemish</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/1_peter/1-19.htm">Defect</a> <a href="/exodus/12-2.htm">First</a> <a href="/genesis/47-17.htm">Goats</a> <a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">Lamb</a> <a href="/exodus/1-18.htm">Male</a> <a href="/exodus/10-11.htm">Males</a> <a href="/genesis/38-25.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/genesis/17-1.htm">Perfect</a> <a href="/exodus/9-3.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/revelation/14-5.htm">Unblemished</a> <a href="/micah/6-6.htm">Yearling</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-13.htm">Year-Old</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/12-21.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/exodus/29-1.htm">Blemish</a> <a href="/exodus/17-9.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/exodus/29-1.htm">Defect</a> <a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">First</a> <a href="/exodus/20-24.htm">Goats</a> <a href="/exodus/12-8.htm">Lamb</a> <a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">Male</a> <a href="/exodus/12-48.htm">Males</a> <a href="/exodus/13-9.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/exodus/29-1.htm">Perfect</a> <a href="/exodus/20-24.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/numbers/19-2.htm">Unblemished</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-12.htm">Yearling</a> <a href="/numbers/6-12.htm">Year-Old</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 12</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-1.htm">The beginning of the year is changed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-3.htm">The Passover is instituted</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-11.htm">The import of the rite of the Passover</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-15.htm">Unleavened bread</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-29.htm">The firstborn are slain</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-31.htm">The Israelites are driven out of the land</a></span><br><span class="reftext">37. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-37.htm">They come to Succoth</a></span><br><span class="reftext">41. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-41.htm">The time of their sojourning</a></span><br><span class="reftext">43. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/12-43.htm">The ordinance of the Passover</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This foreshadows Jesus Christ, referred to as the "Lamb of God" (<a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a>), who was without sin (<a href="/1_peter/1-19.htm">1 Peter 1:19</a>). The specification of a "year-old male" indicates maturity and strength, representing the prime of life. In the context of the Passover, this lamb was to be a substitute for the firstborn of Israel, pointing to Christ's substitutionary atonement for humanity.<p><b>and you may take it from the sheep or the goats</b><br>The allowance to choose from "sheep or the goats" provides flexibility for the Israelites, ensuring that all families could participate regardless of their livestock resources. This inclusivity reflects God's provision and care for His people. In biblical symbolism, sheep often represent God's people (<a href="/psalms/100-3.htm">Psalm 100:3</a>), while goats can symbolize those who are separated from God (<a href="/matthew/25-32.htm">Matthew 25:32-33</a>). The choice between sheep and goats may also highlight the universality of Christ's sacrifice, available to all, regardless of background.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_israelites.htm">The Israelites</a></b><br>God's chosen people, who are in bondage in Egypt and are about to experience the first Passover.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land where the Israelites are enslaved, and where God will demonstrate His power through the plagues.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_passover.htm">The Passover</a></b><br>A pivotal event where God instructs the Israelites to sacrifice a lamb and mark their doorposts with its blood to be spared from the final plague.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader chosen by God to deliver the Israelites from Egyptian bondage.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lamb.htm">The Lamb</a></b><br>A symbol of purity and sacrifice, representing the means by which the Israelites are saved from the plague of the firstborn.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_purity.htm">The Importance of Purity</a></b><br>The requirement for an unblemished lamb underscores the necessity of purity in our offerings and lives. We are called to live holy lives, set apart for God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_lamb.htm">Symbolism of the Lamb</a></b><br>The lamb represents innocence and sacrifice. In the New Testament, Jesus fulfills this role as the ultimate sacrificial lamb, offering Himself for our sins.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_for_salvation.htm">God's Provision for Salvation</a></b><br>Just as God provided a means of salvation for the Israelites through the Passover lamb, He provides salvation for us through Jesus Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_instructions.htm">Obedience to God's Instructions</a></b><br>The Israelites' obedience in selecting and sacrificing the lamb as instructed was crucial for their deliverance. Similarly, our obedience to God's Word is vital for experiencing His blessings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/foreshadowing_of_christ.htm">Foreshadowing of Christ</a></b><br>The Passover lamb is a foreshadowing of Christ's sacrifice. Understanding this connection deepens our appreciation for the continuity of God's redemptive plan.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/exodus/12.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(5) <span class= "bld">Without blemish.</span>--Natural piety teaches that we must not "offer the blind, the lame, or the sick for sacrifice" (<a href="/malachi/1-8.htm" title="And if you offer the blind for sacrifice, is it not evil? and if you offer the lame and sick, is it not evil? offer it now to your governor; will he be pleased with you, or accept your person? said the LORD of hosts.">Malachi 1:8</a>). We must give to (<span class= "ital">God</span> of our best. The Law emphasized this teaching, and here, on the first occasion when a sacrifice was formally appointed, required it to be absolutely without blemish of any kind. Afterwards the requirement was made general (<a href="/context/leviticus/22-19.htm" title="You shall offer at your own will a male without blemish, of the beeves, of the sheep, or of the goats.">Leviticus 22:19-25</a>). It was peculiarly fitting that the Paschal offering should be without defect of any kind, as especially typifying "the Lamb of God," who is "holy, harmless, undefiled"--a "lamb without spot."<p><span class= "bld">A male.</span>--Males were reckoned superior to females, and were especially appropriate here, since the victim represented the firstborn male in each house.<p><span class= "bld">Of the first year</span>--i.e., not above a year old. As children are most innocent when young, so even animals were thought to be.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/12.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> <span class="cmt_word">Your lamb shall be without blemish</span>. Natural piety would teach that "the blind, the lame, and the sick" should not be selected for sacrifice (<a href="/malachi/1-8.htm">Malachi 1:8</a>). The Law afterwards expressly forbade any blemished animals - "blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a wen, or scurvy, or scabbed" - to be offered for any of the stated sacrifices, though they might be given as free-will offerings (<a href="/leviticus/22-20.htm">Leviticus 22:20-25</a>). The absence of blemish was especially important in a victim which was to typify One "holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners." <span class="cmt_word">A male</span>. As standing in place of and redeeming the first-born of the <span class="accented">males</span> in each family. <span class="cmt_word">Of the first year</span>. Perhaps as then more approaching to the ideal of perfect innocence. The requirement was not a usual one. <span class="cmt_word">Or from the goats</span>. Theodoret says the proviso was made for the relief of the poorer class of persons; but practically it seems not to have taken effect. When people were poor, their richer neighbours supplied them with lambs (Kalisch). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/12-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Your lamb</span><br /><span class="heb">שֶׂ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(śeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7716.htm">Strong's 7716: </a> </span><span class="str2">A member of a, flock, a sheep, goat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">must be</span><br /><span class="heb">יִהְיֶ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(yih·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">an unblemished</span><br /><span class="heb">תָמִ֛ים</span> <span class="translit">(ṯā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8549.htm">Strong's 8549: </a> </span><span class="str2">Entire, integrity, truth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">year-old</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּן־</span> <span class="translit">(ben-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">male,</span><br /><span class="heb">זָכָ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(zā·ḵār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2145.htm">Strong's 2145: </a> </span><span class="str2">Remembered, a male</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[and] you may take</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּקָּֽחוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(tiq·qā·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it from</span><br /><span class="heb">מִן־</span> <span class="translit">(min-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sheep</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכְּבָשִׂ֥ים</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kə·ḇā·śîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3532.htm">Strong's 3532: </a> </span><span class="str2">A lamb</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or the goats.</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעִזִּ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘iz·zîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5795.htm">Strong's 5795: </a> </span><span class="str2">Female goat</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/12-5.htm">Exodus 12:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/12-5.htm">Exodus 12:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/12-5.htm">Exodus 12:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/12-5.htm">Exodus 12:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/12-5.htm">Exodus 12:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/12-5.htm">Exodus 12:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/12-5.htm">Exodus 12:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/12-5.htm">Exodus 12:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/12-5.htm">Exodus 12:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/12-5.htm">Exodus 12:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/12-5.htm">OT Law: Exodus 12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish (Exo. 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