Exodus 13
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.