^12:21Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel, and told them, “Go and select⁵⁷ for yourselves a lamb or young goat⁵⁸ for your families, and kill the Passover animals.⁵⁹

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Footnotes

57 Heb “draw out and take.” The verb has in view the need “to draw out” a lamb or goat selected from among the rest of the flock.
58 The Hebrew noun is singular and can refer to either a lamb or a goat. Since English has no common word for both, the phrase “a lamb or young goat” is used in the translation.
59 The word “animals” is added to avoid giving the impression in English that the Passover festival itself is the object of “kill.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and select lambs for yourselves according to your clans, and kill the Passover lamb.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go, select an animal from the flock according to your families, and slaughter the Passover animal.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Moses called all the elders of Israel together and said to them, “Go, pick out a lamb or young goat for each of your families, and slaughter the Passover animal.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And Moses called all the elders of Israel, and he said to them, “Select and take for yourselves sheep for your clans and slaughter the Passover sacrifice.

KJV 1900King James Version

Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families, and kill the passover.

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