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1 And the LORD spake
unto Moses, saying,
2 Sanctify unto me all the
firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both
of man and of beast: it is mine.
3 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.
4 This day came ye out in the month
Abib.
5 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.
6 Seven days thou shalt eat
unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the
LORD.
7 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.
8 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.
9 And it shall be for a sign unto
thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the LORDS
law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the LORD brought thee
out of Egypt.
10 Thou shalt therefore keep this
ordinance in his season from year to year.
11 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,
12 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 LORDS.
13 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.
14 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:
15 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.
16 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.
17 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:
18 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.
19 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.
20 And they took their journey from
Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
21 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:
22 He took not away the pillar of
the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the
people.
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