Exodus 13

1 Then the LORD said to Moses,

2 “Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, both of man and beast.”

3 So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

4 Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving.

5 And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.

6 For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.

7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten during those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, nor shall leaven be found anywhere within your borders.

8 And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

9 It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

10 Therefore you shall keep this statute at the appointed time year after year.

11 And after the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as He swore to you and your fathers,

12 you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the LORD.

13 You must redeem every firstborn donkey with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. And every firstborn of your sons you must redeem.

14 In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

15 And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’

16 So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”

17 When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”

18 So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.

19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said, “God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”

20 They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.

21 And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.

22 Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.

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.

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying:

2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, which breaketh every mother, among the children of Israel, both of men and of cattle: for they are mine.

3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in the which ye came out of Egypt out of the house of bondage, that the LORD brought you forth from hence with a mighty hand: therefore shalt thou not eat leaven.

4 this day ye went out in the moon of Abib.

5 Now therefore, 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 within, then thou shalt keep this service in this moon.

6 Seven days shalt thou eat bread unleavened: and on the seventh day is the feast of the LORD.

7 Therefore thou shalt eat bread unleavened seven days, that no leaven be seen among thee, nor leavened bread in all thy places.

8 And ye shall say unto your sons in that day, We keep this thing because of the thing which the LORD did unto us, when we came out of Egypt.

9 Therefore it shall be a sign in thine hand, and a memorial in thine eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in thy mouth, that the LORD hath brought thee forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

10 Therefore keep this way in his time yearly.

11 When therefore the LORD hath brought thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and unto thy fathers, and hath given it thee,

12 Then shalt thou set apart unto the LORD all that breaketh the mother, and the firstborn of cattle that are male.

13 The firstborn of the ass shalt thou loose with one sheep: but if thou loose it not, break his neck. But all the firstborn of thy children thou shalt redeem.

14 And if thy child ask thee to day, or to morrow, What is this? thou shalt say unto him, The LORD hath brought us with a mighty hand out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

15 For when Pharaoh was hardy to let us go, the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of men unto the firstborn of cattle. Therefore I offer unto the LORD all the firstborn of the mother that is a male, and the firstborn of my children I redeem.

16 And this shall be a sign in thine hand, and a memorial in thine eyes, that the LORD hath brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

17 Now when Pharaoh had left the people, God did not lead them by the road through the land of the Philistines, which was nearest; for God thought that it would repent the people when they saw the battle, and they would return to Egypt.

18 Therefore he led the people by the way of the wilderness by the Red sea. And the children of Israel went armed out of the land of Egypt.

19 And Moses took with him the bones of Joseph. For he had taken an oath from the children of Israel, saying: God shall visit you: bring my bones hence with you.

20 So they departed from Shukoth, and pitched in Etham, which is before the wilderness.

21 And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud by day to lead them in the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light to go by day and by night.

22 The pillar of cloud departed not from the people by day, nor the pillar of fire by night.