Discovery BoxExodus 12:3 
Context12:3 Tell the whole community of Israel, ‘In the tenth day of this month they each 1 must take a lamb 2 for themselves according to their families 3 – a lamb for each household. 4
Exodus 26:8
Context26:8 The length of each 5 curtain is to be forty-five feet, and the width of each curtain is to be six feet – the same size for the eleven curtains.
1 tn Heb “and they will take for them a man a lamb.” This is clearly a distributive, or individualizing, use of “man.”
2 tn The שֶּׂה (seh) is a single head from the flock, or smaller cattle, which would include both sheep and goats.
3 tn Heb “according to the house of their fathers.” The expression “house of the father” is a common expression for a family.
sn The Passover was to be a domestic institution. Each lamb was to be shared by family members.
4 tn Heb “house” (also at the beginning of the following verse).
5 tn Heb “one”
