A group that lost its pesach-offering and said to one, “Go out, seek [it], and slaughter [it] for us”; and he went out, found [it], and slaughtered [it]. Meanwhile they bought and slaughtered [another]. If his was slaughtered first, he eats of his and they eat of his with him; if theirs was slaughtered first, they eat of theirs and he eats of his; but if it is not known which of them was slaughtered first, or if both were slaughtered at the same time, [then] he eats of his but they do not eat with him; and theirs must be burned, but they are exempt from observing the second pesach.  [If] he said to them, “If I delay, go and slaughter for me”; [and] he went out, found [it], and slaughtered [it]. Meanwhile they bought and slaughtered [another]. If theirs was slaughtered first, they eat of theirs and he eats with them; if his was slaughtered first, he eats of his and they eat of theirs; but if it is not known which was slaughtered first, or if both were slaugh-tered at the same time, [then] they eat of theirs, but he does not eat with them; and his is burned, but he is exempt from observing the second pesach.  [If] he said to them and they said to him, all [of them] eat of the first. But if it is not known which of them was slaughtered first, both are burned.  [If] he said nothing to them and they said noth-ing to him, they are not responsible for each other.

[If] the pesach-offerings of two groups were confused, these take one for themselves, and the others take one for themselves. [Then] a member of one group comes to the other group, and a member of the other group comes to this group, and they declare the following, “If this pesach is ours, [then] you are withdrawn from your own [pesach] and you are registered on ours. But if this pesach is yours, then we withdraw from ours and we are registered on yours.”  Similarly, if there were five groups, each comprising five or ten [members], they take to themselves one person from each group and declare the same.

Two [individuals] whose pesach-offerings were confused, this one takes one (pesach) for himself, and that one takes one for himself; this one registers some stranger with himself, and that one registers some stranger with himself; this one comes to that [pesach] and that one comes to this [pesach], and they say thus, “If this pesach-offering is mine, [then] you are withdrawn from yours and are registered upon mine; and if that pesach-offering is yours, I am withdrawn from mine and am registered upon yours.”

On the eve of Passover close to the Minchah [period], a person may not eat until it becomes dark.  Even the poorest man in Israel may not eat unless he reclines. And they must give him not less than four cups of wine, even though he is supported from the [charity] plate.