Bible verse
If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.
Exodus 12:4 · BSB
The verses around it, from Exodus 12.
1 Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
2 “This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.
3 Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household.
4 If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.
5 Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.
6 You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.
7 They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.
8 They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
KJV
And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take [it] according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
ASV
and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbor next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man’s eating ye shall make your count for the lamb.
ERV
and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbour next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man’s eating ye shall make your count for the lamb.
Newsletter
A short reading and some honest encouragement, most weekday mornings — no noise, no selling, unsubscribe in one click.
Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible, which is free of copyright restrictions for use on websites. Read the full Bible on Great Faith.