Exodus 13

1 And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Sanctify to Me every firstborn, opening any womb among the sons of Israel, among man and among beast. It is Mine.” 3 And Moses said to the people, “Remember this day in which you have gone out from Egypt, from the house of servants, for by strength of hand YHWH has brought you out from this, and anything fermented will not be eaten. 4 You are going out today, in the month of Abib. 5 And it will be, when YHWH brings you to the land of the Canaanite, and of the Hittite, and of the Amorite, and of the Hivite, and of the Jebusite, which He has sworn to your fathers to give to you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you do this service in this month. 6 Seven days you will eat unleavened things, and in the seventh day is a celebration to YHWH. 7 Unleavened things are eaten the seven days, and anything fermented will not be seen with you. Indeed, leaven will not be seen with you in all your borders. 8 And you will declare to your son in that day, saying, It is because of what YHWH did to me, in my going out from Egypt, 9 and it will be to you for a sign on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, so that the Law of YHWH is in your mouth, for by a strong hand YHWH has brought you out from Egypt. 10 And you will keep this statute at its appointed time from days to days. 11 And it will be, when YHWH brings you to the land of the Canaanite as He has sworn to you and to your fathers, and has given it to you, 12 that you have caused everyone opening a womb to pass over to YHWH, and every firstling—the increase of beasts which you have: the males are YHWH’s. 13 And every firstling of a donkey you will ransom with a lamb, and if you do not ransom it, then you will behead it. And you will ransom every firstborn of man among your sons. 14 And it will be, when your son asks you hereafter, saying, What is this? That you will say to him, By strength of hand YHWH has brought us out from Egypt, from a house of servants. 15 Indeed, it will come to pass, when Pharaoh was pained to send us away, that YHWH killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of man even to the firstborn of beast. Therefore I am sacrificing to YHWH all opening a womb who are males, and I ransom every firstborn of my sons. 16 And it will be for a sign on your hand, and for frontlets between your eyes, for by strength of hand YHWH has brought us out of Egypt.” 17 And it came to pass in Pharaoh’s sending the people away, that God had not led them the way of the land of the Philistines, for it was near. For God said, “Lest the people sigh in their seeing war, and will turn back toward Egypt.” 18 And God turned around the people the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea, and the sons of Israel had gone up by fifties from the land of Egypt. 19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he certainly caused the sons of Israel to swear, saying, “God certainly inspects you, and you will bring up my bones from this place with you.” 20 And they journeyed from Succoth, and encamped in Etham at the extremity of the wilderness, 21 and YHWH was going before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them in the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give light to them, to go by day and by night. 22 He did not remove the pillar of the cloud by day, and the pillar of the fire by night, from before the people.


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