Exodus 12:3

12:3 Tell the whole community of Israel, ‘In the tenth day of this month they each5 must take a lamb6 for themselves according to their families7—a lamb for each household.8

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5	tn Heb “and they will take for them a man a lamb.” This is clearly a distributive, or individualizing, use of “man.”
6	tn The שֶּׂה (seh) is a single head from the flock, or smaller cattle, which would include both sheep and goats.
7	tn Heb “according to the house of their fathers.” The expression “house of the father” is a common expression for a family. sn The Passover was to be a domestic institution. Each lamb was to be shared by family members.
8	tn Heb “house” (also at the beginning of the following verse).