Exodus:13

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* And the LORD spoke unto Moses , saying : * 'Sanctify unto Me all the first-born , whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel , both of man and of beast , it is Mine .' * 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 . * This day ye go forth in the month Abib . * And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite , and the Hittite , and the Amorite , and the Hivite , and the Jebusite , which He swore unto thy fathers to give thee , a land flowing with milk and honey , that thou shalt keep this service in this month . * Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread , and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD . * Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days ; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee , neither shall there be leaven seen with thee , in all thy borders . * And thou shalt tell thy son in that day , saying : It is because of that which the LORD did for me when I came forth out of Egypt . * And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy hand , and for a memorial between thine eyes , that the law of the LORD may be in thy mouth ; for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt . * Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year . * And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite , as He swore unto thee and to thy fathers , and shall give it thee , * that thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the womb ; every firstling that is a male , which thou hast coming of a beast , shall be the LORD 'S . * And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb ; and if thou wilt not redeem it , then thou shalt break its neck ; and all the first-born of man among thy sons shalt thou redeem . * 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 ; * 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 first-born of man , and the first-born of beast ; therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that openeth the womb , being males ; but all the first-born of my sons I redeem . * And it shall be for a sign upon thy hand , and for frontlets between thine eyes ; for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt .' * And it came to pass , when Pharaoh had let the people go , that God led them not by 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 .' * But God led the people about , by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea ; and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt . * And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him ; for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel , saying : 'God will surely remember you ; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you .' * And they took their journey from Succoth , and encamped in Etham , in the edge of the wilderness . * And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud , to lead them the way ; and by night in a pillar of fire , to give them light ; that they might go by day and by night : * the pillar of cloud by day , and the pillar of fire by night , departed not from before the people .

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