Exodus 12:2-3

12:2

[A.M. 2513. B.C. 1491. An. Exod. Isr. 1. Abib or Nisan.]

12:3

Tell .... community <01696 05712> [Speak ye.]

tenth <06218> [in the tenth.]

each ... take <03947 0376> [take to.]

lamb ......... lamb <07716> [lamb. or, kid.]

The word {seh} means the young of both sheep and goats, and may be indifferently rendered either lamb or kid. It is evident from ver. 5 that the Hebrews might take either; but they generally preferred a lamb, from being of a more gentle nature.

household <01004> [an house.]

The Israelites were divided into twelve tribes, these tribes into families, the families into houses, and the houses into particular persons.