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And the
Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
02 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn,
whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of
Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
03 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.
04 This day came ye out in the month Abib.
05 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.
06 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened
bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to
the Lord.
07 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.
08 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.
09 And it shall be for a sign unto thee
upon thine hand, and for a memorial between 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.
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 Lord's.
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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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