1. The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt:
2. This month will stand at the head of your calendar; you will reckon it the first month of the year.
3. Tell the whole community of Israel: On the tenth of this month every family must procure for itself a lamb, one apiece for each household.
4. If a household is too small for a lamb, it along with its nearest neighbor will procure one, and apportion the lamb’s cost in proportion to the number of persons, according to what each household consumes.