1. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt:
2. This month will stand at the head of your calendar; you will reckon it the first month of the year.
3. Tell the whole community of Israel: On the tenth of this month every family must procure for itself a lamb, one apiece for each household.
4. If a household is too small for a lamb, it along with its nearest neighbor will procure one, and apportion the lamb’s cost in proportion to the number of persons, according to what each household consumes.
5. Your lamb must be a year-old male and without blemish. You may take it from either the sheep or the goats.