13:1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
13:2 Sanctify to me every first-born, first produced, opening every womb
among the children of Israel both of man and beast: it is mine.
13:3 And Moses said to the people, Remember this day, in which ye came forth
out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage, for with a strong
hand the Lord brought you forth thence; and leaven shall not be eaten.
13:4 For on this day ye go forth in the month of new [corn].
13:5 And it shall come to pass when the Lord thy God shall have brought thee
into the land of the Chananites, and the Chettites, and Amorites, and Evites,
and Jebusites, and Gergesites, and Pherezites, which he sware to thy fathers
to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt perform
this service in this month.
13:6 Six days ye shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day is a
feast to the Lord.
13:7 Seven days shall ye eat unleavened bread; nothing leavened shall be
seen with thee, neither shalt thou have leaven in all thy borders.
13:8 And thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying, Therefore the Lord
dealt thus with me, as I was going out of Egypt.
13:9 And it shall be to thee a sign upon thy hand and a memorial before
thine eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in thy mouth, for with a strong
hand the Lord God brought thee out of Egypt.
13:10 And preserve ye this law according to the times of the seasons, from
year to year.
13:11 And it shall come to pass when the Lord thy God shall bring thee into
the land of the Chananites, as he sware to thy fathers, and shall give it
thee,
13:12 that thou shalt set apart every [offspring] opening the womb, the
males to the Lord, every one that opens the womb out of the herds or among
thy cattle, as many as thou shalt have: thou shalt sanctify the males to the
Lord.
13:13 Every [offspring] opening the womb of the ass thou shalt change for a
sheep; and if thou wilt not change it, thou shalt redeem it: every
first-born of man of thy sons shalt thou redeem.
13:14 And if thy son should ask thee hereafter, saying, What is this? then
thou shalt say to him, With a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt,
out of the house of bondage.
13:15 And when Pharao hardened [his heart so as not] to send us away, he
slew every first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man and
the first-born of beast; therefore do I sacrifice every [offspring] that
opens the womb, the males to the Lord, and every first-born of my sons I
will redeem.
13:16 And it shall be for a sign upon thy hand, and immovable before thine
eyes, for with a strong hand the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.
13:17 And when Pharao sent forth the people, God led them not by the way of
the land of the Phylistines, because it was near; for God said, Lest at any
time the people repent when they see war, and return to Egypt.
13:18 And God led the people round by the way to the wilderness, to the Red
Sea: and in the fifth generation the children of Israel went up out of the
land of Egypt.
13:19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had solemnly
adjured the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye
shall carry up my bones hence with you.
13:20 And the children of Israel departed from Socchoth, and encamped in
Othom by the wilderness.
13:21 And God led them, in the day by a pillar of cloud, to show them the
way, and in the night by a pillar of fire.
13:22 And the pillar of cloud failed not by day, nor the pillar of fire by
night, before all the people. |
13:1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
13:2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among
the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
13:3 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.
13:4 This day came ye out in the month Abib.
13:5 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.
13:6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day
shall be a feast to the LORD.
13:7 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.
13:8 And thou shalt show 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.
13:9 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.
13:10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to
year.
13:11 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,
13:12 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.
13:13 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.
13:14 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:
13:15 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.
13:16 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.
13:17 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:
13:18 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.
13:19 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.
13:20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in
the edge of the wilderness.
13:21 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:
13:22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of
fire by night, from before the people. |