Exodus 12:4

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.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God instructs Moses to address the congregation of Israel on the tenth day of the month regarding the selection of the Passover lamb.

The words — The text uses יִמְעַט (yim.'At), meaning "it will be [too] small," and הַ/בַּיִת (ha./ba.Yit), meaning "the household," to define the physical limit of a single family unit.

The thread — The supplied context only anchors this instruction within Exodus 12:3–5 and provides no additional scriptural references.

Why it lands — The text requires a household to calculate its members and share the lamb with the nearest neighbor if the animal is too large for one family.

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The Hebrew words

וְאִם־ve./'im-and/ if יִמְעַ֣טyim.'Atit will be [too] small הַבַּיִת֮ha./ba.Yitthe/ household מִהְיֹ֣תmi/h.Yotfor/ being מִשֶּׂה֒mi./Sehfor/ a lamb וְלָקַ֣חve./la.Kachand/ he will take ה֗וּאHu'he וּשְׁכֵנ֛וֹu./she.khe.N/oand/ neighbor/ his הַקָּרֹ֥בha./ka.Ro<the>/ near אֶל־'el-to בֵּית֖וֹbei.T/ohouse/ his בְּמִכְסַ֣תbe./mikh.Satby/ [the] number of נְפָשֹׁ֑תne.fa.Shotpeople אִ֚ישׁ'isheach one לְפִ֣יle./Fito/ [the] mouth of אָכְל֔וֹ'a.khe.L/ofood/ his תָּכֹ֖סּוּta.Kho.suyou will estimate עַל־'al-on הַשֶּֽׂה׃ha./Sehthe/ lamb

King James Version

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.