Exodus 12:3

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Exodus 12:1–5 · Berean Standard Bible

1 Now the LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,

2 “This month is the beginning of months for you; it shall be the first month of your year.

3 Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man must select a lamb for his family, one per household.

4 If the household is too small for a whole lamb, they are to share with the nearest neighbor based on the number of people, and apportion the lamb accordingly.

5 Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.

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Exodus 4:30

and Aaron relayed everything the LORD had said to Moses. And Moses performed the signs before the people,

Exodus 6:6

Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.

Exodus 14:15

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Why are you crying out to Me? Tell the Israelites to go forward.

Exodus 20:19

“Speak to us yourself and we will listen,” they said to Moses. “But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.”

Leviticus 1:2

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the LORD, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd or the flock.

Exodus 12:6

You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.

John 12:1

Six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, the hometown of Lazarus, whom He had raised from the dead.

John 12:12

The next day the great crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem.

Genesis 4:4

while Abel brought the best portions of the firstborn of his flock. And the LORD looked with favor on Abel and his offering,

Genesis 22:8

Abraham answered, “God Himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.” And the two walked on together.

1 Samuel 7:9

Then Samuel took a suckling lamb and offered it as a whole burnt offering to the LORD. He cried out to the LORD on behalf of Israel, and the LORD answered him.

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

John 1:36

When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

1 Corinthians 5:7

Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed.

Revelation 5:6

Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.

Revelation 5:7

And He came and took the scroll from the right hand of the One seated on the throne.

Revelation 5:8

When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.

Revelation 5:9

And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

Revelation 5:10

You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”

Revelation 5:11

Then I looked, and I heard the voices of many angels and living creatures and elders encircling the throne, and their number was myriads of myriads and thousands of thousands.

Revelation 5:12

In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing!”

Revelation 5:13

And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying: “To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power forever and ever!”

Revelation 7:9

After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.

Revelation 7:10

And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”

Revelation 7:11

And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God,

Revelation 7:12

saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanks and honor and power and strength be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

Revelation 7:13

Then one of the elders addressed me: “These in white robes,” he asked, “who are they, and where have they come from?”

Revelation 7:14

“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

Revelation 13:8

And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.

Leviticus 5:6

and he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin he has committed: a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. And the priest will make atonement for him concerning his sin.

Numbers 15:11

This is to be done for each bull, ram, lamb, or goat.

2 Chronicles 35:7

From his own flocks and herds Josiah contributed 30,000 lambs and goats plus 3,000 bulls for the Passover offerings for all the people who were present.

Numbers 1:1

On the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites had come out of the land of Egypt, the LORD spoke to Moses in the Tent of Meeting in the Wilderness of Sinai. He said:

Numbers 1:2

“Take a census of the whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families, listing every man by name, one by one.

Numbers 1:3

You and Aaron are to number those who are twenty years of age or older by their divisions—everyone who can serve in Israel’s army.

Numbers 1:4

And one man from each tribe, the head of each family, must be there with you.

Numbers 1:5

These are the names of the men who are to assist you: From the tribe of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur;

Numbers 1:6

from Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai;

Numbers 1:7

from Judah, Nahshon son of Amminadab;

Numbers 1:8

from Issachar, Nethanel son of Zuar;

Numbers 1:9

from Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon;

Numbers 1:10

from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;

Numbers 1:11

from Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni;

Numbers 1:12

from Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai;

Numbers 1:13

from Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran;

Numbers 1:14

from Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel;

Numbers 1:15

and from Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.”

Numbers 1:16

These men were appointed from the congregation; they were the leaders of the tribes of their fathers, the heads of the clans of Israel.

Numbers 1:17

So Moses and Aaron took these men who had been designated by name,

Numbers 1:18

and on the first day of the second month they assembled the whole congregation and recorded their ancestry by clans and families, counting one by one the names of those twenty years of age or older,

Numbers 1:19

just as the LORD had commanded Moses. So Moses numbered them in the Wilderness of Sinai:

Numbers 1:20

From the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

Numbers 1:21

those registered to the tribe of Reuben numbered 46,500.

Numbers 1:22

From the sons of Simeon, according to the records of their clans and families, counting one by one the names of every male twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

Numbers 1:23

those registered to the tribe of Simeon numbered 59,300.

Numbers 1:24

From the sons of Gad, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

Numbers 1:25

those registered to the tribe of Gad numbered 45,650.

Numbers 1:26

From the sons of Judah, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

Numbers 1:27

those registered to the tribe of Judah numbered 74,600.

Numbers 1:28

From the sons of Issachar, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

Numbers 1:29

those registered to the tribe of Issachar numbered 54,400.

Numbers 1:30

From the sons of Zebulun, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

Numbers 1:31

those registered to the tribe of Zebulun numbered 57,400.

Numbers 1:32

From the sons of Joseph: From the sons of Ephraim, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

Numbers 1:33

those registered to the tribe of Ephraim numbered 40,500.

Numbers 1:34

And from the sons of Manasseh, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

Numbers 1:35

those registered to the tribe of Manasseh numbered 32,200.

Numbers 1:36

From the sons of Benjamin, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

Numbers 1:37

those registered to the tribe of Benjamin numbered 35,400.

Numbers 1:38

From the sons of Dan, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

Numbers 1:39

those registered to the tribe of Dan numbered 62,700.

Numbers 1:40

From the sons of Asher, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

Numbers 1:41

those registered to the tribe of Asher numbered 41,500.

Numbers 1:42

From the sons of Naphtali, according to the records of their clans and families, counting the names of all those twenty years of age or older who could serve in the army,

Numbers 1:43

those registered to the tribe of Naphtali numbered 53,400.

Numbers 1:44

These were the men numbered by Moses and Aaron, with the assistance of the twelve leaders of Israel, each one representing his family.

Numbers 1:45

So all the Israelites twenty years of age or older who could serve in Israel’s army were counted according to their families.

Numbers 1:46

And all those counted totaled 603,550.

Numbers 1:47

The Levites, however, were not numbered along with them by the tribe of their fathers.

Numbers 1:48

For the LORD had said to Moses:

Numbers 1:49

“Do not number the tribe of Levi in the census with the other Israelites.

Numbers 1:50

Instead, you are to appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the Testimony, all its furnishings, and everything in it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its articles, care for it, and camp around it.

Numbers 1:51

Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to be pitched, the Levites are to set it up. Any outsider who goes near it must be put to death.

Numbers 1:52

The Israelites are to camp by their divisions, each man in his own camp and under his own standard.

Numbers 1:53

But the Levites are to camp around the tabernacle of the Testimony and watch over it, so that no wrath will fall on the congregation of Israel. So the Levites are responsible for the tabernacle of the Testimony.”

Numbers 1:54

Thus the Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Joshua 7:14

In the morning you must present yourselves tribe by tribe. The tribe that the LORD selects shall come forward clan by clan, and the clan that the LORD selects shall come forward family by family, and the family that the LORD selects shall come forward man by man.