Exodus · Bible in Basic English
Exodus 13 Bible in Basic English
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1 And the Lord said to Moses,
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Let the first male child of every mother among the children of Israel be kept holy for me, even the first male birth among man or beast; for it is mine.
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.”
3 And Moses said to the people, Let this day, on which you came out of Egypt, out of your prison-house, be kept for ever in memory; for by the strength of his hand the Lord has taken you out from this place; let no leavened bread be used.
3 Moses 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.
4 On this day, in the month Abib, you are going out.
4 Today you go out in the month Abib.
5 And it will be that, when the Lord takes you into the land of the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Amorite and the Hivite and the Jebusite, the land which he made an oath to your fathers that he would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you will do this act of worship in this month.
5 It 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.
6 For seven days let your food be unleavened cakes; and on the seventh day there is to be a feast to the Lord.
6 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Yahweh.
7 Unleavened cakes are to be your food through all the seven days; let no leavened bread be seen among you, or any leaven, in any part of your land.
7 Unleavened 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.
8 And you will say to your son in that day, It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.
8 You shall tell your son in that day, saying, ‘It is because of that which Yahweh did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
9 And this will be for a sign to you on your hand and for a mark on your brow, so that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand the Lord took you out of Egypt.
9 It 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.
10 So let this order be kept, at the right time, from year to year.
10 You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.
11 And when the Lord takes you into the land of Canaan, as he made his oath to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you,
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,
12 You are to put on one side for the Lord every mother's first male child, the first-fruit of her body, and the first young one of every beast; every male is holy to the Lord.
12 that 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.
13 And for the young of an ass you may give a lamb in payment, or if you will not make payment for it, its neck is to be broken; but for all the first sons among your children, let payment be made.
13 Every 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.
14 And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for this? say to him, By the strength of his hand the Lord took us out of Egypt, out of the prison-house:
14 It 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.
15 And when Pharaoh made his heart hard and would not let us go, the Lord sent death on all the first sons in Egypt, of man and of beast: and so every first male who comes to birth is offered to the Lord; but for all the first of my sons I give a price.
15 When 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.’
16 And this will be for a sign on your hand and for a mark on your brow: for by the strength of his hand the Lord took us out of Egypt.
16 It 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.”
17 Now after Pharaoh had let the people go, God did not take them through the land of the Philistines, though that was near: for God said, If the people see war, they may have a change of heart and go back to Egypt.
17 When 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”;
18 But God took the people round by the waste land near the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up in fighting order out of the land of Egypt.
18 but 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.
19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the children of Israel take an oath, saying, God will certainly keep you in mind; and you are to take my bones away with you.
19 Moses 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.”
20 Then they went on their journey from Succoth, and put up their tents in Etham at the edge of the waste land.
20 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 cloud, guiding them on their way; and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light: so that they were able to go on day and night:
21 Yahweh 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:
22 The pillar of cloud went ever before them by day, and the pillar of fire by night.
22 the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, didn’t depart from before the people.
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Moses
Drawn from the Nile, he led Israel out of Egypt and received God's Law.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 2–Deuteronomy 34
Cross references (21)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 2 Luke 2:23; Numbers 3:13; Deuteronomy 15:19; Exodus 22:29–30; Numbers 8:16–17
- 3 Deuteronomy 24:18; Deuteronomy 5:15; Exodus 20:2; Deuteronomy 5:6; Deuteronomy 16:12
- 4 Exodus 34:18; Exodus 23:15; Exodus 12:2; Deuteronomy 16:1–3
- 5 Exodus 3:8; Joshua 24:11; Exodus 6:8; Exodus 12:25–26; Exodus 34:11
- 6 Exodus 12:15–20; Leviticus 23:8; Exodus 34:18
- 7 Exodus 12:19; Matthew 16:6
- 8 Exodus 13:14; Exodus 12:26–27; Psalm 44:1; Exodus 10:2; Isaiah 38:19
- 9 Deuteronomy 6:8; Deuteronomy 11:18–19; Exodus 13:16; Numbers 15:39; Exodus 12:14
- 10 Exodus 12:14; Leviticus 23:6; Exodus 12:24–25; Deuteronomy 16:3–4; Exodus 23:15
- 11 Exodus 13:5
- 12 Numbers 18:15; Leviticus 27:26; Exodus 34:19; Ezekiel 44:30; Exodus 13:2
- 13 Exodus 34:20; Numbers 18:15–17; Exodus 12:21; Numbers 3:46–51; Revelation 14:4
- 14 Joshua 4:6; Exodus 13:3; Psalm 145:4; Exodus 12:26–27; Exodus 13:9
- 15 Exodus 12:29
- 16 Exodus 13:9; Deuteronomy 11:18; Deuteronomy 6:7–9; Exodus 13:14; Exodus 12:13
- 17 Exodus 14:11–12; Nehemiah 9:17; Numbers 14:1–4; Luke 14:27–32; Acts 7:39
- 18 Exodus 14:2; Numbers 33:6–8; Deuteronomy 32:10; Exodus 12:51; Joshua 1:14
- 19 Genesis 50:24–25; Joshua 24:32; Acts 7:16; Genesis 48:21; Exodus 4:31
- 20 Numbers 33:5–6; Exodus 12:37
- 21 1 Corinthians 10:1–2; Nehemiah 9:12; Deuteronomy 1:33; Psalm 99:7; Nehemiah 9:19
- 22 Revelation 10:1; Psalm 121:5–8
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If you were never in bondage to any man, ungrateful people, why is it that God is continually reminding you that He delivered you from the house of bondage? Or mean you, perchance, that your fathers were in bondage, but you who speak were never in bondage to any man?
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
… dropped from the face of God." Perchance here some one calleth to mind that time, when in the desert God was going over before His people, before the sons of Israel, by day in the pillar of cloud, by night in the brightness of fire; and determineth that thus it is that "the heavens dropped from the face of God," …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)