¹²^ayou shall ¹devote to the Lord the first ²offspring of every womb, and ³the first offspring of every beast that you own; the males belong to the Lord.

¹³“But ^aevery first ¹offspring of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and ^bevery firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.

¹⁴“^aAnd it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘^bWith a ¹powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of ²slavery.

¹⁵‘It came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the ^aLord killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to the Lord the males, the first ¹offspring of every womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’

¹⁶“So ^ait shall ¹serve as a sign on your hand and as ²phylacteries ³on your forehead, for with a ⁴powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.”

Read in Logos

Exodus 13:14: And when in time to come your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall say to him, ‘By a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.

Footnotes

1Lit cause to pass over
2Lit opening
3Lit every issue the offspring of a beast
1Lit opening
1Lit strength of hand
2Lit slaves
1Lit opening
1Lit be for
2Or frontlet-bands
3Lit between your eyes
4Lit strength of hand

Cross references

a Ex 13:5
b Gen 15:18; 17:8; 28:15; Ps 105:42–45
a Ex 13:1, 2; 22:29; 34:19; Lev 27:26; Num 18:15; Ezek 44:30; Luke 2:23
a Ex 34:20; Num 18:15
b Num 3:46
a Ex 10:2; 12:26, 27; 13:8; Deut 6:20; Josh 4:6, 21
b Ex 13:3, 9
a Ex 12:29
a Ex 13:9; Deut 6:8