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.
