Exodus 12:1-4

Living Bible

12 Then the Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ² “From now on, this month will be the first and most important of the entire year. ^3-4 Annually, on the tenth day of this month (announce this to all the people of Israel) each family shall get a lamb^[a] (or, if a family is small, let it share the lamb with another small family in the neighborhood; whether to share in this way depends on the size of the families).