Exodus 13:8–14

⁸And thou shalt ^kshew 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. ⁹And it shall be for ^la sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for ^ma memorial ^lbetween 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. ¹⁰ⁿThou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year. ¹¹And 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, ^12othat 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. ¹³And ^pevery 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 amongst thy children ^qshalt thou redeem. ^14rAnd it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, ^sBy strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage: