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Exodus 12:5–6

Your lamb shall be cwithout 1blemish, a male 2of the first year. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats. Now you shall keep it until the dfourteenth day of the same month. Then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at twilight.

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Exodus 12:5–6 — The New International Version (NIV)

The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats. Take care of them until the fourteenth day of the month, when all the members of the community of Israel must slaughter them at twilight.

Exodus 12:5–6 — English Standard Version (ESV)

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats, and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill their lambs at twilight.

Exodus 12:5–6 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: 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.

Exodus 12:5–6 — New Living Translation (NLT)

The animal you select must be a one-year-old male, either a sheep or a goat, with no defects.

“Take special care of this chosen animal until the evening of the fourteenth day of this first month. Then the whole assembly of the community of Israel must slaughter their lamb or young goat at twilight.

Exodus 12:5–6 — New Century Version (NCV)

The lamb must be a one-year-old male that has nothing wrong with it. This animal can be either a young sheep or a young goat. Take care of the animals until the fourteenth day of the month. On that day all the people of the community of Israel will kill them in the evening before dark.

Exodus 12:5–6 — American Standard Version (ASV)

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old: ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats: and ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month; and the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel shall kill it at even.

Exodus 12:5–6 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a yearling male; ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats. And ye shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; and the whole congregation of the assembly of Israel shall kill it between the two evenings.

Exodus 12:5–6 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

Your animal must be a one-year-old male that has no defects. You may choose a lamb or a young goat. Take care of it until the fourteenth ⸤day⸥ of this month. 

“Then at dusk, all the assembled people from the community of Israel must slaughter their animals.

Exodus 12:5–6 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

You must have an unblemished animal, a year-old male; you may take it from either the sheep or the goats. You are to keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembly of the community of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.

Exodus 12:5–6 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a year-old male; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembled congregation of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight.

Exodus 12:5–6 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

The lamb for you must be a male, without defect, in its first year; you will take it from the sheep or from the goats.

“You will keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, and all the assembly of the community of Israel will slaughter it at twilight.

Exodus 12:5–6 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

“The animals you choose must be males that are a year old. They must not have any flaws. You may choose either sheep or goats. Take care of them until the 14th day of the month. Then the whole community of Israel must kill them when the sun goes down.

Exodus 12:5–6 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

‘Your lamb shall be an unblemished male a year old; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats.

‘You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight.


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