Exodus 12:4 — Bible Verse (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.”
Exodus 12:4 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Exodus 12:4 in 6 Bible Translations
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Exodus 12:4 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“and if the household is too little for a lamb, then he and his neighbor next to his house shall take one according to the number of the souls. You shall make your count for the lamb according to what everyone can eat.”
Exodus 12:4 — World English Bible
Exodus 12:4 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“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. ”
Exodus 12:4 — American Standard Version
Exodus 12:4 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“`(And if the household be too few for a lamb, then hath he taken, he and his neighbour who is near unto his house, for the number of persons, each according to his eating ye do count for the lamb,)”
Exodus 12:4 — Young's Literal Translation
Exodus 12:4 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“And if the household be too small for a lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take [it] according to the number of the souls; each according to [the measure] of his eating shall ye count for the lamb. ”
Exodus 12:4 — Darby Translation
Exodus 12:4 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“And if the housholde be too litle for the lambe, he shall take his neighbour, which is next vnto his house, according to the nomber of the persons: euery one of you, according to his eating shall make your count for the lambes,”
Exodus 12:4 — Geneva Bible
Exodus 12:4 in Context — Exodus 12
2 This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you.
3 Speak ye unto all the congregation of Israel, saying, In the tenth day of this month they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to the house of their fathers, a lamb for an house:
4 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.
5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
6 And ye shall keep it up until the fourteenth day of the same month: and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it in the evening.
What Does Exodus 12:4 Mean?
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