EX-13:1  And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, EX-13:2  Sanctify

unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the

children of Israel, [both] of man and of beast: it [is] mine.

EX-13:3  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.

EX-13:4  This day came ye out in the month Abib.

EX-13:5  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.

EX-13:6  Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the

seventh day [shall be] a feast to the LORD.

EX-13:7  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.

EX-13:8  And thou shalt show 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.

EX-13:9  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.

EX-13:10  Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season

from year to year.

EX-13:11  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,

EX-13:12  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'S.

EX-13:13  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.

EX-13:14  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:

EX-13:15  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.

EX-13:16  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.

EX-13:17  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:

EX-13:18  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.

EX-13:19  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.

EX-13:20  And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped

in

Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

EX-13:21  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:

EX-13:22  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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