Exodus:13

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* Then the LORD spoke to Moses , saying , * "Consecrate to Me all the firstborn , whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel , both of man and beast ; it is Mine ." * And Moses said to the people : "Remember this day in which you went out of Egypt , out of the house of bondage ; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out of this place . No leavened bread shall be eaten . * On this day you are going out , in the month Abib . * And it shall be , when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Hivites and the Jebusites , 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 . * Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread , and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD . * Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days . And no leavened bread shall be seen among you , nor shall leaven be seen among you in all your quarters . * And you shall tell your son in that day , saying , "This is done because of what the LORD did for me when I came up from Egypt .' * It shall be as a sign to you on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes , that the LORD 's law may be in your mouth ; for with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt . * You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year . * "And it shall be , when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites , as He swore to you and your fathers , and gives it to you , * that you shall set apart to the LORD all that open the womb , that is , every firstborn that comes from an animal which you have ; the males shall be the LORD 's . * But 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 all the firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem . * So it shall be , when your son asks you in time to come , saying , "What is this ?' that you shall say to him , "By strength of hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt , out of the house of bondage . * And it came to pass , when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go , that the LORD killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt , both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast . Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all males that open the womb , but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem .' * It shall be as a sign on your hand and as frontlets between your eyes , for by strength of hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt ." * Then it came to pass , when Pharaoh had let the people go , that God did not lead them by 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 return to Egypt ." * So God led the people around by way of the wilderness of the Red Sea . And the children of Israel went up in orderly ranks out of the land of Egypt . * And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him , for he had placed the children of Israel under solemn oath , saying , "God will surely visit you , and you shall carry up my bones from here with you ." * So they took their journey from Succoth and camped in Etham at the edge of the wilderness . * And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way , and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light , so as to go by day and night . * He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night from before the people .

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