{"book":"Exodus","slug":"exodus","ch":13,"genre":"prose","sub":"Exodus","prev":"exodus/12","next":"exodus/14","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Then the LORD said to Moses,","f":[],"h":"The Dedication of the Firstborn","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"“ Consecrate to Me every firstborn male. The firstborn from every womb among the Israelites belongs to Me, [both] of man and beast.”","f":["Cited in Luke 2:23"]},{"v":3,"t":"So Moses told the people,“ Remember this day, [the day] you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving.","f":["Abib was the first month of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar, usually occurring within the months of March and April."],"style":"reg"},{"v":5,"t":"And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites — [the land] He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey — you shall keep this service in this month.","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"For seven days you are to eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":7,"t":"Unleavened bread shall be eaten during those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, nor shall leaven be found anywhere within your borders.","f":[]},{"v":8,"t":"And on that day you are to explain to your son,‘ This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":9,"t":"It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.","f":[]},{"v":10,"t":"Therefore you shall keep this statute at the appointed time year after year.","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"And after the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as He swore to you and your fathers,","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":12,"t":"you are to present to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock [belong to] the LORD.","f":[]},{"v":13,"t":"You must redeem every firstborn donkey with a lamb, and if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. And every firstborn of your sons you must redeem.","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"In the future, when your son asks you,‘ What does this mean?’ you are to tell him,‘ With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":15,"t":"And when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both of man and beast. This is why I sacrifice to the LORD the firstborn male of every womb, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’","f":[]},{"v":16,"t":"So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead, for with a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt.”","f":[]},{"v":17,"t":"When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said,“ If [the people] face war, [they] might change their minds and return to Egypt.”","f":[],"h":"The Pillars of Cloud and Fire","style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"So God led the people around by the way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt arrayed for battle.","f":["Or the Sea of Reeds","LXX left the land of Egypt in the fifth generation"]},{"v":19,"t":"Moses took the bones of Joseph with him because {Joseph had made} the sons of Israel swear a solemn oath when he said,“ God will surely attend to you, and then you must carry my bones with you from this place.”","f":["Genesis 50:25"],"style":"reg"},{"v":20,"t":"They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":21,"t":"And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel by day or night.","f":[]},{"v":22,"t":"Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place before the people.","f":[]}]}