Exodus 13

13And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, ^2aSanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine. ³And Moses said unto the people, ^bRemember 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: ^cthere shall no leavened bread be eaten. ⁴This day came ye out in the month ^dAbib. ⁵And it shall be when the Lord shall ^ebring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he ^fsware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land ^gflowing with milk and honey, ^hthat thou shalt keep this service in this month. ⁶ⁱSeven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord. ⁷Unleavened 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. 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 among 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: ¹⁵And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that ^tthe 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 ^uall the firstborn of my children I redeem. ¹⁶And it shall be for ^xa token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt.

¹⁷And 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 ^yrepent when they see war, and they return to Egypt: ¹⁸But God ^zled 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. ¹⁹And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, ^aGod will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you. ²⁰And ^bthey took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness. ²¹And ^cthe 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: ²²He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.