Exodus 13 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Consecration of the Firstborn

Exo 13:1The LORD said to Moses,

Exo 13:2"Consecrate to me all the first-born; whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine."

(Exo 12:14–20 )

Exo 13:3

Exo 13:3And Moses said to the people, "Remember this day, in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage, for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place; no leavened bread shall be eaten.

Exo 13:4

Exo 13:4This day you are to go forth, in the month of Abib.

Exo 13:5

Exo 13:5And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jeb'usites, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you shall keep this service in this month.

Exo 13:6

Exo 13:6Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.

Exo 13:7

Exo 13:7Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days; no leavened bread shall be seen with you, and no leaven shall be seen with you in all your territory.

Exo 13:8

Exo 13:8And you shall tell your son on that day, 'It is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.'

Exo 13:9

Exo 13:9And it shall be to you as a sign on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the LORD may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt.

Exo 13:10

Exo 13:10You shall therefore keep this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year.

Exo 13:11

Exo 13:11"And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and your fathers, and shall give it to you,

Exo 13:12

Exo 13:12you shall set apart to the LORD all that first opens the womb. All the firstlings of your cattle that are males shall be the LORD's.

Exo 13:13

Exo 13:13Every firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb, or if you will not redeem it you shall break its neck. Every first-born of man among your sons you shall redeem.

Exo 13:14

Exo 13:14And when in time to come your son asks you, 'What does this mean?' you shall say to him, 'By strength of hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Exo 13:15

Exo 13:15For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, both the first-born of man and the first-born of cattle. Therefore I sacrifice to the LORD all the males that first open the womb; but all the first-born of my sons I redeem.'

Exo 13:16

Exo 13:16It shall be as a mark on your hand or frontlets between your eyes; for by a strong hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt."

God Leads the People

(Exo 40:34–38; Num 9:15–23; 1Ki 8:10, 11 )

Exo 13:17

Exo 13:17When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, "Lest the people repent when they see war, and return to Egypt."

Exo 13:18

Exo 13:18But God led the people round by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the people of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt equipped for battle.

Exo 13:19

Exo 13:19And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him; for Joseph had solemnly sworn the people of Israel, saying, "God will visit you; then you must carry my bones with you from here."

Exo 13:20

Exo 13:20And they moved on from Succoth, and encamped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness.

Exo 13:21

Exo 13:21And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night;

Exo 13:22

Exo 13:22the pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people.

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Exodus 13 :: Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Consecration of the Firstborn

God Leads the People

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