Abraham set apart seven ewe lambs from the flock,

Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock apart.

and Abimelek asked Abraham, ‘What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs you have set apart by themselves?’

And Abimelech said to Abraham, “What is the meaning of these seven ewe lambs that you have set apart?”

He replied, ‘Accept these seven lambs from my hand as a witness that I dug this well.’

He said, “These seven ewe lambs you will take from my hand, that this may be a witness for me that I dug this well.”

Isaac spoke up and said to his father Abraham, ‘Father?’

‘Yes, my son?’ Abraham replied.

‘The fire and wood are here,’ Isaac said, ‘but where is the lamb for the burnt offering?’

And Isaac said to his father Abraham, “My father!” And he said, “Here I am, my son.” He said, “Behold, the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?”

Abraham answered, ‘God himself will provide the lamb for the burnt offering, my son.’ And the two of them went on together.

Abraham said “God will provide for himself the lamb for a burnt offering, my son.” So they went both of them together.

let me go through all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-coloured lamb and every spotted or speckled goat. They will be my wages.

let me pass through all your flock today, removing from it every speckled and spotted sheep and every black lamb, and the spotted and speckled among the goats, and they shall be my wages.

And my honesty will testify for me in the future, whenever you check on the wages you have paid me. Any goat in my possession that is not speckled or spotted, or any lamb that is not dark-coloured, will be considered stolen.’

So my honesty will answer for me later, when you come to look into my wages with you. Every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats and black among the lambs, if found with me, shall be counted stolen.”

That same day he removed all the male goats that were streaked or spotted, and all the speckled or spotted female goats (all that had white on them) and all the dark-coloured lambs, and he placed them in the care of his sons.

But that day Laban removed the male goats that were striped and spotted, and all the female goats that were speckled and spotted, every one that had white on it, and every lamb that was black, and put them in the charge of his sons.

Jacob set apart the young of the flock by themselves, but made the rest face the streaked and dark-coloured animals that belonged to Laban. Thus he made separate flocks for himself and did not put them with Laban’s animals.

And Jacob separated the lambs and set the faces of the flocks toward the striped and all the black in the flock of Laban. He put his own droves apart and did not put them with Laban’s flock.

Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them inside her camel’s saddle and was sitting on them. Laban searched through everything in the tent but found nothing.

Now Rachel had taken the household gods and put them in the camel’s saddle and sat on them. Laban felt all about the tent, but did not find them.

Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household.

Tell all the congregation of Israel that on the tenth day of this month every man shall take a lamb according to their fathers’ houses, a lamb for a household.

If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbour, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat.

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 can eat you shall make your count for the lamb.

The animals you choose must be year-old males without defect, and you may take them from the sheep or the goats.

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old. You may take it from the sheep or from the goats,

This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the  Lord’s Passover.

In this manner you shall eat it: with your belt fastened, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand. And you shall eat it in haste. It is the  Lord’s Passover.

Then Moses summoned all the elders of Israel and said to them, ‘Go at once and select the animals for your families and slaughter the Passover lamb.

Then Moses called all the elders of Israel and said to them, “Go and select lambs for yourselves according to your clans, and kill the Passover lamb.

then tell them, “It is the Passover sacrifice to the  Lord, who passed over the houses of the Israelites in Egypt and spared our homes when he struck down the Egyptians.”’ Then the people bowed down and worshipped.

you shall say, ‘It is the sacrifice of the  Lord’s Passover, for he passed over the houses of the people of Israel in Egypt, when he struck the Egyptians but spared our houses.’” And the people bowed their heads and worshiped.

The  Lord said to Moses and Aaron, ‘These are the regulations for the Passover meal:

‘No foreigner may eat it.

And the  Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “This is the statute of the Passover: no foreigner shall eat of it,

‘A foreigner residing among you who wants to celebrate the  Lord’s Passover must have all the males in his household circumcised; then he may take part like one born in the land. No uncircumcised male may eat it.

If a stranger shall sojourn with you and would keep the Passover to the  Lord, let all his males be circumcised. Then he may come near and keep it; he shall be as a native of the land. But no uncircumcised person shall eat of it.

Redeem with a lamb every firstborn donkey, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem every firstborn among your sons.

Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.

‘Whoever steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters it or sells it must pay back five head of cattle for the ox and four sheep for the sheep.

“If a man steals an ox or a sheep, and kills it or sells it, he shall repay five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.

If the stolen animal is found alive in their possession – whether ox or donkey or sheep – they must pay back double.

If the stolen beast is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox or a donkey or a sheep he shall pay double.

In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any other lost property about which somebody says, “This is mine,” both parties are to bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges declare guilty must pay back double to the other.

For every breach of trust, whether it is for an ox, for a donkey, for a sheep, for a cloak, or for any kind of lost thing, of which one says, ‘This is it,’ the case of both parties shall come before God. The one whom God condemns shall pay double to his neighbor.

‘If anyone gives a donkey, an ox, a sheep or any other animal to their neighbour for safekeeping and it dies or is injured or is taken away while no one is looking,

“If a man gives to his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep safe, and it dies or is injured or is driven away, without anyone seeing it,

‘This is what you are to offer on the altar regularly each day: two lambs a year old.

“Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old day by day regularly.

Offer one in the morning and the other at twilight.

One lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight.

With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with a quarter of a hin of oil from pressed olives, and a quarter of a hin of wine as a drink offering.

And with the first lamb a tenth measure of fine flour mingled with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering.

Sacrifice the other lamb at twilight with the same grain offering and its drink offering as in the morning – a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the  Lord.

The other lamb you shall offer at twilight, and shall offer with it a grain offering and its drink offering, as in the morning, for a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the  Lord.

‘The first offspring of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock.

All that open the womb are mine, all your male livestock, the firstborn of cow and sheep.

Redeem the firstborn donkey with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem all your firstborn sons.

‘No one is to appear before me empty-handed.

The firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. All the firstborn of your sons you shall redeem. And none shall appear before me empty-handed.

‘Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to me along with anything containing yeast, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Festival remain until morning.

“You shall not offer the blood of my sacrifice with anything leavened or let the sacrifice of the Feast of the Passover remain until the morning.

‘“If the offering is a burnt offering from the flock, from either the sheep or the goats, you are to offer a male without defect.

“If his gift for a burnt offering is from the flock, from the sheep or goats, he shall bring a male without blemish,

If you offer a lamb, you are to present it before the  Lord,

If he offers a lamb for his offering, then he shall offer it before the  Lord,

‘“If someone brings a lamb as their sin offering, they are to bring a female without defect.

“If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without blemish

They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the lamb of the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar on top of the food offerings presented to the  Lord. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.

And all its fat he shall remove as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar, on top of the  Lord’s food offerings. And the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.

As a penalty for the sin they have committed, they must bring to the  Lord a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering ; and the priest shall make atonement for them for their sin.

he shall bring to the  Lord as his compensation for the sin that he has committed, a female from the flock, a lamb or a goat, for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin.

‘“Anyone who cannot afford a lamb is to bring two doves or two young pigeons to the  Lord as a penalty for their sin – one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.

“But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the  Lord as his compensation for the sin that he has committed two turtledoves or two pigeons one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.

‘Say to the Israelites: “Do not eat any of the fat of cattle, sheep or goats.

“Speak to the people of Israel, saying You shall eat no fat, of ox or sheep or goat.

Then say to the Israelites: “Take a male goat for a sin offering, a calf and a lamb – both a year old and without defect – for a burnt offering,

And say to the people of Israel, ‘Take a male goat for a sin offering, and a calf and a lamb, both a year old without blemish, for a burnt offering,

‘“When the days of her purification for a son or daughter are over, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the tent of meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin offering.

“And when the days of her purifying are completed, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting a lamb a year old for a burnt offering, and a pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering,

But if she cannot afford a lamb, she is to bring two doves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.”’

And if she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves or two pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. And the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.”

‘On the eighth day they must bring two male lambs and one ewe lamb a year old, each without defect, along with three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, and one log of oil.

“And on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish, and a grain offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, and one log of oil.

‘Then the priest is to take one of the male lambs and offer it as a guilt offering, along with the log of oil; he shall wave them before the  Lord as a wave offering.

And the priest shall take one of the male lambs and offer it for a guilt offering, along with the log of oil, and wave them for a wave offering before the  Lord.

He is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area where the sin offering and the burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most holy.

And he shall kill the lamb in the place where they kill the sin offering and the burnt offering, in the place of the sanctuary. For the guilt offering, like the sin offering, belongs to the priest; it is most holy.

‘If, however, they are poor and cannot afford these, they must take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for them, together with a tenth of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with olive oil for a grain offering, a log of oil,

“But if he is poor and cannot afford so much, then he shall take one male lamb for a guilt offering to be waved, to make atonement for him, and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering, and a log of oil;

The priest is to take the lamb for the guilt offering, together with the log of oil, and wave them before the  Lord as a wave offering.

And the priest shall take the lamb of the guilt offering and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before the  Lord.

He shall slaughter the lamb for the guilt offering and take some of its blood and put it on the lobe of the right ear of the one to be cleansed, on the thumb of their right hand and on the big toe of their right foot.

And he shall kill the lamb of the guilt offering. And the priest shall take some of the blood of the guilt offering and put it on the lobe of the right ear of him who is to be cleansed, and on the thumb of his right hand and on the big toe of his right foot.

any Israelite who sacrifices an ox, a lamb or a goat in the camp or outside it

If any one of the house of Israel kills an ox or a lamb or a goat in the camp, or kills it outside the camp,

you must present a male without defect from the cattle, sheep or goats in order that it may be accepted on your behalf.

if it is to be accepted for you it shall be a male without blemish, of the bulls or the sheep or the goats.

You may, however, present as a freewill offering an ox or a sheep that is deformed or stunted, but it will not be accepted in fulfilment of a vow.

You may present a bull or a lamb that has a part too long or too short for a freewill offering, but for a vow offering it cannot be accepted.

‘When a calf, a lamb or a goat is born, it is to remain with its mother for seven days. From the eighth day on, it will be acceptable as a food offering presented to the  Lord.

“When an ox or sheep or goat is born, it shall remain seven days with its mother, and from the eighth day on it shall be acceptable as a food offering to the  Lord.

Do not slaughter a cow or a sheep and its young on the same day.

But you shall not kill an ox or a sheep and her young in one day.

the  Lord’s Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.

In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at twilight is the  Lord’s Passover.

On the day you wave the sheaf, you must sacrifice as a burnt offering to the  Lord a lamb a year old without defect,

And on the day when you wave the sheaf, you shall offer a male lamb a year old without blemish as a burnt offering to the  Lord.

Present with this bread seven male lambs, each a year old and without defect, one young bull and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the  Lord, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings – a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the  Lord.

And you shall present with the bread seven lambs a year old without blemish, and one bull from the herd and two rams. They shall be a burnt offering to the  Lord, with their grain offering and their drink offerings, a food offering with a pleasing aroma to the  Lord.

Then sacrifice one male goat for a sin offering and two lambs, each a year old, for a fellowship offering.

And you shall offer one male goat for a sin offering, and two male lambs a year old as a sacrifice of peace offerings.

The priest is to wave the two lambs before the  Lord as a wave offering, together with the bread of the firstfruits. They are a sacred offering to the  Lord for the priest.

And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits as a wave offering before the  Lord, with the two lambs. They shall be holy to the  Lord for the priest.

‘“No one, however, may dedicate the firstborn of an animal, since the firstborn already belongs to the  Lord; whether an ox or a sheep, it is the  Lord’s.

“But a firstborn of animals, which as a firstborn belongs to the  Lord, no man may dedicate; whether ox or sheep, it is the  Lord’s.

They must rededicate themselves to the  Lord for the same period of dedication and must bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. The previous days do not count, because they became defiled during their period of dedication.

and separate himself to the  Lord for the days of his separation and bring a male lamb a year old for a guilt offering. But the previous period shall be void, because his separation was defiled.

There they are to present their offerings to the  Lord: a year-old male lamb without defect for a burnt offering, a year-old ewe lamb without defect for a sin offering, a ram without defect for a fellowship offering,

and he shall bring his gift to the  Lord, one male lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb a year old without blemish as a sin offering, and one ram without blemish as a peace offering,

one young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering;

one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;