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[a]This month will stand at the head of your calendar; you will reckon it the first month of the year.(A) Tell the whole community of Israel: On the tenth of this month every family must procure for itself a lamb, one apiece for each household.

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  1. 12:2 As if to affirm victory over Pharaoh and sovereignty over the Israelites, the Lord proclaims a new calendar for Israel. This month: Abib, the month of “ripe grain.” Cf. 13:4; 23:15; 34:18; Dt 16:1. It occurred near the vernal equinox, March–April. Later it was known by the Babylonian name of Nisan. Cf. Neh 2:1; Est 3:7.