Exodus Chapter 13

Exodus Chapter 13
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses,
saying,
2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn: that
is, every one that first openeth the womb
among the children of Israel, as well of
man as of beast: for it is mine. 3 Then
Moses said unto the people, Remember
this day in the which ye came out of
Egypt, out of the house of bondage: for
by a mighty hand the Lord brought you
out from thence: therefore no leavened
bread shall be eaten. 4 This day come ye
out in the month of Abib.
5 Now when the Lord hath brought thee
into the land of the Canaanites, and
Hittites, and Amorites, and Hivites, and
Jebusites (which he swear unto thy
fathers, that he would give thee, a land
flowing with milk and honey) then thou
shalt keep this service in this month.
6 Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened
bread, and the seventh day shall be the
feast of the Lord.
7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven
days, and there shall no leavened bread
be seen with thee, nor yet leaven be seen
with thee in all thy quarters. 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 out of
Egypt.
9 And it shall be a sign unto thee upon
thine hand, and for a remembrance
between thine eyes, that the Law of the
Lord may be in thy mouth: for by a
strong hand the Lord brought thee out of
Egypt.
10 Keep therefore this ordinance in his
season appointed from year to year. 11
And when the Lord shall bring thee into
the land of the Canaanites, as he swear
unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall
give it thee,
12 Then thou shalt set apart unto the
Lord all that first openeth the womb:
also everything that first doth open the
womb, and cometh forth of thy beast: the
males shall be the Lord’s.
13 But every first foal of an ass, thou
shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou
redeem him not, then thou shalt break his
neck: likewise all the firstborn of man
among thy sons shalt thou buy out.
14 And when thy son shall ask thee
tomorrow, saying, What is this? Thou
shalt then say unto him, With a mighty
hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt,
out of the house of bondage.
15 For when Pharaoh was hard hearted
against our departing, the Lord then slew
all the firstborn in the land of Egypt:
from the firstborn of man even to the
firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice
unto the Lord all the males that first
open the womb, but all the firstborn of
my sons I redeem. 16 And it shall be as
a token upon thine hand, and as frontlets
between thine eyes, that the Lord brought
us out of Egypt by a mighty hand.
17 Now when Pharaoh had let the
people go, God carried them not by the
way of the Philistines’ country, though it
were nearer: (for God said, Lest the
people repent when they see war, and
turn again to Egypt)
18 But God made the people to go about
by the way of the wilderness of the Red
Sea: and the children of Israel went up
armed out of the land of Egypt. 19 (And
Moses took the bones of Joseph with
him: for he had made the children of
Israel swear, saying, God will surely
visit you, and ye shall take my bones
away hence with you)
20 So they took their journey from
Succoth, and camped 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, that they might go both
by day and by night.
22 He took not away the pillar of the
cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by
night from before the people.