Exodus:13

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* And the LORD spoke unto Moses , saying , * Sanctify unto me all the firstborn , whatsoever opens 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 all of you 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 came all of you out in the month Abib . * And it shall be when the LORD shall bring you into the land of the Canaanites , and the Hittites , and the Amorites , and the Hivites , and the Jebusites , which he swore unto 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 in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD . * Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days ; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with you , neither shall there be leaven seen with you in all your quarters . * And you shall show your son in that day , saying , This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt . * And it shall be for a sign unto you upon yours hand , and for a memorial between yours eyes , that the LORD 's law may be in your mouth : for with a strong hand has the LORD brought you out of Egypt . * You shall therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year . * And it shall be when the LORD shall bring you into the land of the Canaanites , as he swore unto you and to your fathers , and shall give it you , * That you shall set apart unto the LORD all that opens the womb , and every first born that comes of a beast which you have ; the males shall be the LORD 's . * And every first born of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb ; and if you will not redeem it , then you shall break his neck : and all the firstborn of man among your children shall you redeem . * And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come , saying , What is this ? that you shall 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 firstborn of man , and the firstborn of beast : therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all that opens the womb , being males ; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem . * And it shall be for a token upon yours hand , and for frontlets between yours 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 through the way of the land of the Philistines , although that was near ; for God said , Lest possibly the people repent when they see war , and they return to Egypt : * But God led the people about , through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea : and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt . * And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him : for he had strictly sworn the children of Israel , saying , God will surely visit you ; and all of you shall carry up my bones away behind 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 a cloud , to lead them the way ; and by night in a pillar of fire , to give them light ; to go by day and night : * He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day , nor the pillar of fire by night , from before the people .

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