1. Now the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
2. "This month shall be the beginning of months for you; it is to be the first month of the year to you.
3. Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, 'On the tenth of this month they are each one to take a lamb for themselves, according to their fathers' households, a lamb for each household.
4. Now if the household is too small for a lamb, then he and his neighbor nearest to his house are to take one according to the number of persons in them; according to what each man should eat, you are to divide the lamb.
5. Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.