Exodus 13

1Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

2“Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal. It is mine.”Cross-references: Ex 4:22 · Ex 13:12 · Ex 22:29 · Ex 23:19 · Ex 34:19 · Lev 27:26 · +6 more

3Moses said to the people, “Remember this day, in which you came out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Yahweh brought you out from this place. No leavened bread shall be eaten.Cross-references: Ex 3:20 · Ex 6:1 · Ex 12:8 · Ex 12:15 · Ex 12:19 · Ex 12:42 · +26 more

4Today you go out in the month Abib.Cross-references: Ex 12:2 · Ex 23:15 · Ex 34:18 · Deut 16:1

5It shall be, when Yahweh brings you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month.Cross-references: Gen 15:18 · Gen 17:7 · Gen 22:16 · Gen 26:3 · Gen 50:24 · Ex 3:8 · +13 more

6Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Yahweh.Cross-references: Ex 12:15 · Ex 34:18 · Lev 23:8

7Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and no leavened bread shall be seen with you. No yeast shall be seen with you, within all your borders.Cross-references: Ex 12:19 · Matt 16:6

8You shall tell your son in that day, saying, ‘It is because of that which Yahweh did for me when I came out of Egypt.’Cross-references: Ex 10:2 · Ex 12:26 · Ex 13:14 · Deut 4:9 · Ps 44:1 · Ps 78:3 · +2 more

9It shall be for a sign to you on your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that Yahweh’s law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand Yahweh has brought you out of Egypt.Cross-references: Ex 6:1 · Ex 12:14 · Ex 13:3 · Ex 13:16 · Num 15:39 · Deut 6:6 · +21 more

10You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.Cross-references: Ex 12:14 · Ex 12:24 · Ex 23:15 · Lev 23:6 · Deut 16:3

11“It shall be, when Yahweh brings you into the land of the Canaanite, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and will give it to you,Cross-references: Ex 13:5

12that you shall set apart to Yahweh all that opens the womb, and every firstborn that comes from an animal which you have. The males shall be Yahweh’s.Cross-references: Ex 13:2 · Ex 22:29 · Ex 34:19 · Lev 27:26 · Num 3:12 · Num 8:17 · +4 more

13Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and you shall redeem all the firstborn of man among your sons.Cross-references: Ex 12:3 · Ex 12:21 · Ex 34:20 · Num 3:46 · Num 18:15 · Rev 14:4

14It shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall tell him, ‘By strength of hand Yahweh brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage.Cross-references: Gen 30:33 · Ex 10:2 · Ex 12:26 · Ex 13:3 · Ex 13:9 · Deut 6:20 · +4 more

15When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of livestock. Therefore I sacrifice to Yahweh all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’Cross-references: Ex 12:29

16It shall be for a sign on your hand, and for symbols between your eyes; for by strength of hand Yahweh brought us out of Egypt.”Cross-references: Ex 12:13 · Ex 13:9 · Ex 13:14 · Deut 6:7 · Deut 11:18 · Deut 26:8 · +1 more

17When Pharaoh had let the people go, God didn’t lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, “Lest perhaps the people change their minds when they see war, and they return to Egypt”;Cross-references: Ex 14:11 · Ex 16:2 · Num 14:1 · Deut 17:16 · Deut 20:8 · Judg 7:3 · +5 more

18but God led the people around by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea; and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt.Cross-references: Ex 12:51 · Ex 14:2 · Num 33:6 · Deut 32:10 · Josh 1:14 · Ps 107:7

19Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the children of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones away from here with you.”Cross-references: Gen 48:21 · Gen 50:24 · Ex 4:31 · Josh 24:32 · Luke 1:58 · Luke 7:16 · +1 more

20They took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.Cross-references: Ex 12:37 · Num 33:5

21Yahweh went before them by day in a pillar of cloud, to lead them on their way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light, that they might go by day and by night:Cross-references: Ex 14:19 · Ex 33:9 · Ex 40:34 · Num 9:15 · Num 10:34 · Num 14:14 · +8 more

22the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, didn’t depart from before the people.Cross-references: Ps 121:5 · Rev 10:1