1. Now the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, saying,
2. “This month shall be your beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year to you.
3. Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying: ‘On the tenth of this month every man shall take for himself a lamb, according to the house of his father, a lamb for a household.
4. And if the household is too small for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of the persons; according to each man’s need you shall make your count for the lamb.
5. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats.