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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