King James Version
Exodus 12:5 in the King James Version says “Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: of...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 12 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: of: Heb. son of a year”
Exodus 12:5 · KJV
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: lamb: or, kid
And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.
Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats: of: Heb. son of a year
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. in: Heb. between the two evenings
And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“shall be without blemish”
H8549entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
“a male”
H2145properly, remembered, i.e., a male (of man or animals, as being the most noteworthy sex)
“of the first”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“or from the goats”
H5795a she-goat (as strong), but masculine in plural (which also is used elliptically for goat's hair)
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