Exodus:13-14
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And the LORD spake unto Moses ,
saying ,
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Sanctify unto me all the firstborn ,
whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel ,
both of man and of beast :
it is mine .
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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 .
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This day came ye out in the month Abib .
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And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites ,
and the Hittites ,
and the Amorites ,
and the Hivites ,
and the Jebusites ,
which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee ,
a land flowing with milk and honey ,
that thou shalt keep this service in this month .
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Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread ,
and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD .
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Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days ;
and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee ,
neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters .
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And thou shalt shew thy son in that day ,
saying ,
This is done because of that which the LORD did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt .
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And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand ,
and for a memorial between thine eyes ,
that the LORD '
S law may be in thy mouth :
for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee out of Egypt .
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Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year .
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And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites ,
as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers ,
and shall give it thee ,
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That thou shalt set apart unto the LORD all that openeth the matrix ,
and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast ;
the males shall be the LORD '
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And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb ;
and if thou wilt not redeem it ,
then thou shalt break his neck :
and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem .
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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 :
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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 openeth the matrix ,
being males ;
but all the firstborn of my children I redeem .
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And it shall be for a token upon thine hand ,
and for frontlets between thine eyes :
for by strength of hand the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt .
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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 peradventure the people repent when they see war ,
and they return to Egypt :
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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 .
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And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him :
for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel ,
saying ,
God will surely visit you ;
and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you .
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And they took their journey from Succoth ,
and encamped in Etham ,
in the edge of the wilderness .
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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 :
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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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And the LORD spake unto Moses ,
saying ,
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Speak unto the children of Israel ,
that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth ,
between Migdol and the sea ,
over against Baalzephon :
before it shall ye encamp by the sea .
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For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel ,
They are entangled in the land ,
the wilderness hath shut them in .
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And I will harden Pharaoh '
s heart ,
that he shall follow after them ;
and I will be honoured upon Pharaoh ,
and upon all his host ;
that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD .
And they did so .
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And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled :
and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people ,
and they said ,
Why have we done this ,
that we have let Israel go from serving us ?
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And he made ready his chariot ,
and took his people with him :
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And he took six hundred chosen chariots ,
and all the chariots of Egypt ,
and captains over every one of them .
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And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt ,
and he pursued after the children of Israel :
and the children of Israel went out with an high hand .
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But the Egyptians pursued after them ,
all the horses and chariots of Pharaoh ,
and his horsemen ,
and his army ,
and overtook them encamping by the sea ,
beside Pihahiroth ,
before Baalzephon .
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And when Pharaoh drew nigh ,
the children of Israel lifted up their eyes ,
and ,
behold ,
the Egyptians marched after them ;
and they were sore afraid :
and the children of Israel cried out unto the LORD .
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And they said unto Moses ,
Because there were no graves in Egypt ,
hast thou taken us away to die in the wilderness ?
wherefore hast thou dealt thus with us ,
to carry us forth out of Egypt ?
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Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt ,
saying ,
Let us alone ,
that we may serve the Egyptians ?
For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians ,
than that we should die in the wilderness .
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And Moses said unto the people ,
Fear ye not ,
stand still ,
and see the salvation of the LORD ,
which he will shew to you to day :
for the Egyptians whom ye have seen to day ,
ye shall see them again no more for ever .
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The LORD shall fight for you ,
and ye shall hold your peace .
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And the LORD said unto Moses ,
Wherefore criest thou unto me ?
speak unto the children of Israel ,
that they go forward :
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But lift thou up thy rod ,
and stretch out thine hand over the sea ,
and divide it :
and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea .
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And I ,
behold ,
I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians ,
and they shall follow them :
and I will get me honour upon Pharaoh ,
and upon all his host ,
upon his chariots ,
and upon his horsemen .
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And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD ,
when I have gotten me honour upon Pharaoh ,
upon his chariots ,
and upon his horsemen .
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And the angel of God ,
which went before the camp of Israel ,
removed and went behind them ;
and the pillar of the cloud went from before their face ,
and stood behind them :
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And it came between the camp of the Egyptians and the camp of Israel ;
and it was a cloud and darkness to them ,
but it gave light by night to these :
so that the one came not near the other all the night .
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And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea ;
and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night ,
and made the sea dry land ,
and the waters were divided .
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And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground :
and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand ,
and on their left .
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And the Egyptians pursued ,
and went in after them to the midst of the sea ,
even all Pharaoh '
s horses ,
his chariots ,
and his horsemen .
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And it came to pass ,
that in the morning watch the LORD looked unto the host of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of the cloud ,
and troubled the host of the Egyptians ,
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And took off their chariot wheels ,
that they drave them heavily :
so that the Egyptians said ,
Let us flee from the face of Israel ;
for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians .
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And the LORD said unto Moses ,
Stretch out thine hand over the sea ,
that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians ,
upon their chariots ,
and upon their horsemen .
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And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea ,
and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared ;
and the Egyptians fled against it ;
and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea .
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And the waters returned ,
and covered the chariots ,
and the horsemen ,
and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them ;
there remained not so much as one of them .
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But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea ;
and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand ,
and on their left .
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Thus the LORD saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians ;
and Israel saw the Egyptians dead upon the sea shore .
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And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians :
and the people feared the LORD ,
and believed the LORD ,
and his servant Moses .
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Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD ,
and spake ,
saying ,
I will sing unto the LORD ,
for he hath triumphed gloriously :
the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea .