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The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Exodus 13
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children
of Israel, both of man and of animal. It is
mine.”
3 Moses said to the people, “Remember this day, in which you came out of
Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by
strength of hand Yahweh brought you out
from this place. No leavened bread shall
be eaten.
4 Today you go out in the month Abib.
5 It shall be, when Yahweh brings you
into the land of the Canaanite, and the
Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite,
and the Jebusite, which he swore to your
fathers to give you, a land flowing with
milk and honey, that you shall keep this
service in this month.
6 Seven days you shall eat unleavened
bread, and in the seventh day shall be a
feast to Yahweh.
7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten
throughout the seven days; and no leavened bread shall be seen with you. No
yeast shall be seen with you, within all
your borders.
8 You shall tell your son in that day, saying, ‘It is
because ofthat which Yahweh did
for me when I came out of Egypt.’
9 It shall be for a sign to you on your
hand, and for a memorial between your
eyes, that Yahweh’s law may be in your
mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has
brought you out of Egypt.
10 You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.
11 “It shall be, when Yahweh brings you
into the land of the Canaanite, as he swore
to you and to your fathers, and will give it
to you,
12 that you shall set apart to Yahweh all
that opens the womb, and every firstborn
that comes from an animal which you
have. The males shall be Yahweh’s.
13 Every firstborn of a donkey you shall
redeem with a lamb; and if you will not
redeem it, then you shall break its neck;
and you shall redeem all the firstborn of
man among your sons.
14 It shall be, when your son asks you in
time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that
you shall tell him, ‘By strength of hand
Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from
the house of bondage.
15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to
let us go, Yahweh killed all the firstborn
in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of
man, and the firstborn of livestock. Therefore I
sacrifice to Yahweh all that opens the
womb, being males; but all the firstborn of
my sons I redeem.’
16 It shall be for a sign on your hand,
and for symbols between your eyes; for by
strength of hand Yahweh brought us out of
Egypt.”
17 When Pharaoh had let the people go,
God didn’t lead them by the way of the
land of the Philistines, although that was
near; for God said, “Lest perhaps the people change
their minds when they see war,
and they return to Egypt”;
18 but God led the people around by the
way of the wilderness by the Red Sea; and
the children ofIsrael went up armed out of
the land of Egypt.
19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with
him, for he had made the children of Israel
swear, saying, “God will surely visit you,
and you shall carry up my bones away
from here with you.”
20 They took their journey from Succoth,
and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the
wilderness.
21 Yahweh went before them by day in a
pillar of cloud, to lead them on their way,
and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them
light, that they might go by day and by
night:
22 the pillar of cloud by day, and the
pillar of fire by night, didn’t depart from
before the people.
Word English Bible
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