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Selected Verse: Exodus 12:4 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Ex 12:4	Strong Concordance	And if the household [01004] be [01961] too little [04591] for the lamb [07716], let him and his neighbour [07934] next [07138] unto his house [01004] take [03947] it according to the number [04373] of the souls [05315]; every man [0376] according [06310] to his eating [0400] shall make your count [03699] for the lamb [07716].
	King James	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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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
if the household be too little for the lamb, &c.--It appears from JOSEPHUS that ten persons were required to make up the proper paschal communion. every man according to his eating--It is said that the quantity eaten of the paschal lamb, by each individual, was about the size of an olive.

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

if the household be too little for the lamb, &c.--It appears from JOSEPHUS that ten persons were required to make up the proper paschal communion.

every man according to his eating--It is said that the quantity eaten of the paschal lamb, by each individual, was about the size of an olive.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Tradition specifies ten as the least number; but the matter was probably left altogether to the discretion of the heads of families. The last clause should be rendered: "each man, according to his eating, ye shall count for the lamb."

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

Tradition specifies ten as the least number; but the matter was probably left altogether to the discretion of the heads of families.

The last clause should be rendered: "each man, according to his eating, ye shall count for the lamb."

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
If the household be too little - That is, if there be not persons enough in one family to eat a whole lamb, then two families must join together. The rabbins allow that there should be at least ten persons to one paschal lamb, and not more than twenty. Take it, according to the number of the souls - The persons who were to eat of it were to be first ascertained, and then the lamb was to be slain and dressed for that number.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

If the household be too little - That is, if there be not persons enough in one family to eat a whole lamb, then two families must join together. The rabbins allow that there should be at least ten persons to one paschal lamb, and not more than twenty.

Take it, according to the number of the souls - The persons who were to eat of it were to be first ascertained, and then the lamb was to be slain and dressed for that number.

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