“1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Sanctify unto me all the
firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel,
[both] of man and of beast: it [is] mine. 3 And Moses said unto the
people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the
house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from
this [place]: there shall no leavened bread be eaten. 4 This day came ye
out in the month Abib. 5 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee
into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and
the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give
thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this
service in this month. 6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and
in the seventh day [shall be] a feast to the LORD. 7 Unleavened bread
shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen
with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy
quarters. 8 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, [This is
done] because of that [which] the LORD did unto me when I came forth out
of Egypt. 9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and
for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD’S law may be in thy
mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt.
10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to
year.”
“11 And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of
the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give
it thee, 12 That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the
matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the
males [shall be] the LORD’S. 13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt
redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt
break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt
thou redeem. 14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to
come, saying, What [is] this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength
of hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the
LORD slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of
man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all
that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my
children I redeem. 16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and
for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the LORD
brought us forth out of Egypt.”
“17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God
led them not [through] the way of the land of the Philistines, although
that [was] near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when
they see war, and they return to Egypt: 18 But God led the people about,
[through] the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of
Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt. 19 And Moses took the
bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of
Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my
bones away hence with you. 20 And they took their journey from Succoth,
and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. 21 And the LORD
went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way;
and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and
night: 22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the
pillar of fire by night, [from] before the people.” (Ex 13:1-22 AV)
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