What does Exodus 12:4 King James Version mean? Verse Analysis

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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.

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What Does Exodus 12:4 Mean?

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""And if the household is too small for a Lamb, then he and his nearest neighbor shall take according to the number of persons; according to what each ..."

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American Standard Versionarrow_forwardASV

and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbor next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man’s eating ye shall make your count for the lamb.

American King James Versionarrow_forwardAKJV

And if the household be too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.

KJV with Apocryphaarrow_forwardKJVA

Bible in Basic Englisharrow_forwardBBE

And if the lamb is more than enough for the family, let that family and its nearest neighbour have a lamb between them, taking into account the number of persons and how much food is needed for every man.

Young's Literal Translationarrow_forwardYLT

`(And if the household be too few for a lamb, then hath he taken, he and his neighbour who is near unto his house, for the number of persons, each according to his eating ye do count for the lamb,)

New Heart English Biblearrow_forwardNHEB

and if the household is too little for a lamb, then he and his neighbor next to his house shall take one according to the number of the souls; according to what everyone can eat you shall make your count for the lamb.

NHEB Messianic Editionarrow_forwardNHEBME

NHEB Jehovah Editionarrow_forwardNHEBJE

Darby Translationarrow_forwardDarby

And if the household be too small for a lamb, let him and his neighbour next unto his house take [it] according to the number of the souls; each according to [the measure] of his eating shall ye count for the lamb.

Webster Biblearrow_forwardWebster

And if the household shall be too small for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take [it] according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.

Geneva Bible 1599arrow_forwardGeneva1599

And if the housholde be too litle for the lambe, he shall take his neighbour, which is next vnto his house, according to the nomber of the persons: euery one of you, according to his eating shall make your count for the lambes,

Douay-Rheimsarrow_forwardDRC

But if the number be less than may suffice to eat the lamb, he shall take unto him his neighbour that joineth to his house, according to the number of souls which may be enough to eat the lamb.

Rotherham Biblearrow_forwardRotherham

But if the household be too small for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbour that is near unto his house take one, according to the number of souls,—each man according to his eating, shall ye number for the lamb.

Literal Translationarrow_forwardLITV

And if the house is too small for a flock animal, he and his neighbor next to his house shall take according to the number of souls, each one according to the mouth of his eating, you shall count concerning the flock animal.

Modern King Jamesarrow_forwardMKJV

And if the household is too little for the lamb, let him and his neighbor next to his house take according to the number of the souls, each one, according to the eating of his mouth, you shall count concerning the lamb.

Updated King Jamesarrow_forwardUKJV

Lexham English Biblearrow_forwardLEB

And if the household is too small for a lamb, he and the neighbor nearest to his house will take one according to the number of persons; you will count out portions of the lamb ⌞according to how much each one can eat⌟.

Jewish Publication Societyarrow_forwardJPS

and if the household be too little for a lamb, then shall he and his neighbour next unto his house take one according to the number of the souls; according to every man's eating ye shall make your count for the lamb.

Catholic Public Domainarrow_forwardCPDV

But if the number is less than may suffice to be able to consume the lamb, he shall accept his neighbor, who has been joined with his house according to the number of souls that may suffice to be able to eat the lamb.

Berean Study Biblearrow_forwardBSB

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.

Revised Websterarrow_forwardRWebster

And if the household shall be too small for the lamb, let him and his neighbour next to his house take it according to the number of the souls; every man according to his eating shall make your count for the lamb.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)arrow_forwardWycliffe

but if the noumbre is lesse, that it may not suffice to ete the lomb, he schal take his neiybore, which is ioyned to his hows, bi the noumbre of soulis, that moun suffice to the etyng of the lomb.