When I See the Blood: Exodus 12:1-30

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year.

Time itself reset. The calendar began again. Whatever month the Egyptians called it, for Israel it became the first month. Liberation marked year one.

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.

Instructions for survival. Take a lamb. Each family. Each household. The lamb would make the difference between life and death.