What were the requirements for the Passover lamb in Exodus 12:5?

God instructed Moses and Israel to select a Passover lamb. Exodus 12:5 required it to be taken from the flock, without blemish, a male of the first year. It could be taken either from the sheep or from the goats.

Les teaches that Exodus 12 contains God's instructions to Moses and the nation of Israel for the Passover lamb. In verse 5, the lamb was to be taken out of the flock without blemish, a male of the first year, and it could be either from the sheep or the goats. Then verse 6 says they were to keep it and pin it up for three days until the fourteenth day of that month of April. All of Israel was to have a Passover lamb at their disposal.

Exodus 12:5

Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:

How long was the Passover lamb kept before it was killed?

According to Exodus chapter 12, the Passover lamb was to be kept and penned up for three days until the fourteenth day of that month. It was taken from the flock without blemish, a male of the first year, from the sheep or goats.