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 , on which ye came out from Egypt , out of the house of slavery ; for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from here : and no leavened bread shall be eaten . * This day go ye out , in the month of Abib . * And it shall be , when the Lord doth bring thee into the land of the Canaanites , and the Hittites , and the Emorites , and the Hivites , and the Jebusites , which he hath sworn unto thy fathers to give unto thee , a land flowing with milk and honey , that thou shalt perform this service in this month . * Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread , and on the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord . * Unleavened bread shall be eaten these seven days ; and there shall not be seen with thee any leavened bread , neither shall there be seen with thee any leaven in all thy boundaries . * And thou shalt tell thy son on that day , saying , This is done for the sake of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt . * And it shall be unto thee for a sign upon thy hand , and for a memorial between thy eyes , in order that the law of the Lord may be in thy mouth ; for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee forth out of Egypt . * And thou shalt keep this ordinance in its season , from year to year . * And it shall be , when the Lord doth bring thee into the land of the Canaanites , as he hath sworn unto thee and to thy fathers , and giveth it to thee , * That thou shalt set apart all that openeth the womb unto the Lord ; and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou shalt have , the males , shall belong to the Lord . * And every firstling of an ass shalt thou redeem with a lamb ; and if thou wilt not redeem it , then shalt thou break its neck : and all the first –born of man among thy children 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 forth out of Egypt , out of the house of slavery ; * And it came to pass , when Pharaoh obstinately refused to let us go , that the Lord slew all the first –born in the land of Egypt , both the first –born of man , and the first –born of beast ; therefore do I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the womb , being males ; but all the first –born of my children must I redeem . * And it shall be for a sign upon thy hand , and for frontlets between thy eyes ; that by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt . * And it came to pass , when Pharaoh let the people go , that God did not lead them the way through the land of the Philistines , because it was near ; for God said , Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war , and return to Egypt . * But God led the people about , by the way of the wilderness to 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 caused the children of Israel to swear , saying , God will surely visit you , and ye shall then carry up my bones away hence with you . * And they took their journey from Succoth , and encamped in Etham , at 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 light to them ; that they might go by day and by night : * He took not away the pillar of cloud by day , nor the pillar of fire by night , from before the people .

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