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Exodus 12:3

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Speak ye: Exodus 4:30, Exodus 6:6, Exodus 14:15, Exodus 20:19; Leviticus 1:2

in the tenth: Exodus 12:6; John 12:1, John 12:12

take to: Genesis 4:4, Genesis 22:8; 1 Samuel 7:9; John 1:29, John 1:36; 1 Corinthians 5:7; Revelation 5:6-13, Revelation 7:9-14, Revelation 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 Exodus 12:5 that the Hebrews might take either; but they generally preferred a lamb, from being of a more gentle nature. Leviticus 5:6; Numbers 15:11; 2 Chronicles 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. Numbers 1:1-54; Joshua 7:14

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