And the LORD spake
unto Moses
, saying
,
Sanctify unto me all the firstborn
, whatsoever openeth
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 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
.
This day came ye out
in the month
Abib
.
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
.
Seven days
thou shalt 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 thee, neither shall there be leaven
seen
with thee in all thy quarters
.
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
.
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
.
Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance
in his season
from year
to year
.
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,
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
.
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
.
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
:
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
.
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
.
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
:
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 straitly
sworn
the children
of Israel
, saying
, God
will surely
visit
you; and ye shall carry up
my bones
away
hence 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
.