[12:3] 1 tn Heb “and they will take for them a man a lamb.” This is clearly a distributive, or individualizing, use of “man.”
[12:3] 2 tn The שֶּׂה (seh) is a single head from the flock, or smaller cattle, which would include both sheep and goats.
[12:3] 3 tn Heb “according to the house of their fathers.” The expression “house of the father” is a common expression for a family.
[12:3] sn The Passover was to be a domestic institution. Each lamb was to be shared by family members.
[12:3] 4 tn Heb “house” (also at the beginning of the following verse).