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Exd 12:3 — 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:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Speak ye		Exd 4:30; Exd 6:6; Exd 14:15; Exd 20:19; Lev 1:2
In the tenth		Exd 12:6; Jhn 12:1,12
take to		Gen 4:4; Gen 22:8; 1Sa 7:9; Jhn 1:29,36; 1Cr 5:7; Rev 5:6-13; Rev 7:9-14; Rev 13:8
lamb		or, kid. The word seh means the young of both sheep and goats, and may be indifferently rendered either lamb or kid. It is evident from Exd 12:5 that the Hebrews might take either; but they generally preferred a lamb, from being of a more gentle nature. Lev 5:6; Num 15:11; 2Ch 35:7
an house		The Israelites were divided into twelve tribes, these tribes into families, the families into houses, and the houses into particular persons. Num 1:1-54; Jos 7:14

Correlating Passages

Speak ye

	Exd 4:30	And Aaron spake all the words which the LORD had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people.
	Exd 6:6	Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I [am] the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
	Exd 14:15	And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward:
	Exd 20:19	And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
	Lev 1:2	Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, [even] of the herd, and of the flock.

In the tenth

	Exd 12:6	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.
	Jhn 12:1	Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.
	Jhn 12:12	On the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem,

take to

	Gen 4:4	And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof. And the LORD had respect unto Abel and to his offering:
	Gen 22:8	And Abraham said, My son, God will provide himself a lamb for a burnt offering: so they went both of them together.
	1Sa 7:9	And Samuel took a sucking lamb, and offered [it for] a burnt offering wholly unto the LORD: and Samuel cried unto the LORD for Israel; and the LORD heard him.
	Jhn 1:29	The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
	Jhn 1:36	And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God!
	1Cr 5:7	Purge out therefore the old leaven, that ye may be a new lump, as ye are unleavened. For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us:
	Rev 5:6	And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth.
	Rev 5:7	And he came and took the book out of the right hand of him that sat upon the throne.
	Rev 5:8	And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four [and] twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
	Rev 5:9	And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
	Rev 5:10	And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth.
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	Rev 7:9	After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;
	Rev 7:10	And cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
	Rev 7:11	And all the angels stood round about the throne, and [about] the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
	Rev 7:12	Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honour, and power, and might, [be] unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
	Rev 7:13	And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes? and whence came they?
	Rev 7:14	And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
	Rev 13:8	And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.

lamb

	Exd 12:5	Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take [it] out from the sheep, or from the goats:
	Lev 5:6	And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.
	Num 15:11	Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid.
	2Ch 35:7	And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these [were] of the king's substance.

an house

	Num 1:1	And the LORD spake unto Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle of the congregation, on the first [day] of the second month, in the second year after they were come out of the land of Egypt, saying,
	Num 1:2	Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families, by the house of their fathers, with the number of [their] names, every male by their polls;
	Num 1:3	From twenty years old and upward, all that are able to go forth to war in Israel: thou and Aaron shall number them by their armies.
	Num 1:4	And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.
	Num 1:5	And these [are] the names of the men that shall stand with you: of [the tribe of] Reuben; Elizur the son of Shedeur.
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	Jos 7:14	In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, [that] the tribe which the LORD taketh shall come according to the families [thereof]; and the family which the LORD shall take shall come by households; and the household which the LORD shall take shall come man by man.

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Scott, Thomas. "Exodus 12:3," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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