Exodus 12:1-3 New King James Version (NKJV)

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.

Exodus 12