Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Exodus 12:3

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Speak ye: Exo 4:30, Exo 6:6, Exo 14:15, Exo 20:19; Lev 1:2 in the tenth: Exo 12:6; Joh 12:1, Joh 12:12 take to: Gen 4:4, Gen 22:8; Sa1 7:9; Joh 1:29, Joh 1:36; Co1 5:7; Rev 5:6-13, Rev 7:9-14, Rev 13:8 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 Exo 12:5 that the Hebrews might take either; but they generally preferred a lamb, from being of a more gentle nature. Lev 5:6; Num 15:11; Ch2 35:7 an house: The Israelites were divided into twelve tribes, these tribes into families, the families into houses, and the houses into particular persons. Num. 1:1-54; Jos 7:14 Exodus 12:5

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