Exodus 12:2-11

NSB(i) 2 »This month shall be the beginning of months for you. It is to be the first month of the year to you. 3 »Tell the whole community of Israel: ‘On the tenth day of this month each man must take a sheep for his family, one animal per household. 4 »‘A household may be too small to eat a whole animal. That household and the one next-door can share one animal. Choose your animal based on the number of people and what each person can eat. 5 »‘Your animal must be a one-year-old male that has no defects. You may choose a lamb or a young goat. 6 »‘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. 7 »‘Some of the blood must be put on the two doorposts and above the door of each house where the animals are to be eaten. 8 »‘That night the animals are to be roasted and eaten, together with bitter herbs (greens) and unleavened bread made without yeast. 9 »‘Do not eat the meat raw or boiled. The entire animal, including its head, legs, and insides, must be roasted. 10 »‘Eat what you want that night, and the next morning burn whatever is left. 11 »‘Eat it in this manner: with your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste. It is Jehovah’s Passover.’«