Charles Spurgeon Commentary Exodus 12:5

"Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old: ye shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats:" — Exodus 12:5 (ASV)

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

You know what a type this is of Christ, "without blemish," offered up for us in the very fullness of his strength, in the prime and glory of his manhood, giving himself up to be our Paschal Lamb, "The Lamb of God."

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

It was to be a type of Christ, and, therefore, it must be the best that they had. It must be in the prime of its strength, otherwise it would not be a fit emblem of the "strong Son of God" whose mighty love moved him to give himself to death for us.