Exodus · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Exodus 13 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Sanctify unto me every firstborn that openeth the womb among the children of Israel, as well of men as of beasts: for they are all 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: Remember this day in which you came forth out of Egypt, and out of the house of bondage, for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought you forth out of this place: that you eat no leavened bread.
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 This day you go forth in the month of new corn.
4 Today you go out in the month Abib.
5 And when the Lord shall have brought thee into the land of the Chanaanite, and the Hethite, and the Amorrhite, and the Hevite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to thy fathers that he would give thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey, thou shalt celebrate this manner of sacred rites 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 Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day shall be the solemnity of the Lord.
6 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Yahweh.
7 Unleavened bread shall you eat seven days: there shall not be seen any thing leavened with thee, nor in all thy coasts.
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 thou shalt tell thy son in that day, saying: This is what the Lord did to me when I came forth 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 it shall be as a sign in thy hand, and as a memorial before thy eyes: and that the law of the Lord be always in thy mouth, for with a strong hand the Lord hath brought thee out of the land 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 Thou shalt keep this observance at the set time from days to days.
10 You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.
11 And when the Lord shall have brought thee into the land of the Chanaanite, as he swore to thee and thy fathers, and shall give it thee:
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 Thou shalt set apart all that openeth the womb for the Lord, and all that is first brought forth of thy cattle: whatsoever thou shalt have of the male sex, thou shalt consecrate 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 The firstborn of an ass thou shalt change for a sheep: and if thou do not redeem it, thou shalt kill it. And every firstborn of men thou shalt redeem with a price.
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 thy son shall ask thee tomorrow, saying: What is this? thou shalt answer him: With a strong hand did the Lord bring us forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
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 For when Pharao was hardened, and would not let us go, the Lord slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of man to the firstborn of beasts: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the womb of the male sex, and all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.
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 it shall be as a sign in thy hand, and as a thing hung between thy eyes, for a remembrance: because the Lord hath brought us forth out of Egypt by a strong hand.
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 And when Pharao had sent out the people, the Lord led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines which is near: thinking lest perhaps they would repent, if they should see wars arise against them, and would return into 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 he led them about by the way of the desert, which is by the Red Sea: and the children of Israel went up armed 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 Joseph’s bones with him: because he had adjured the children of Israel, saying: God shall visit you, carry out my bones from hence 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 And marching from Socoth they encamped in Etham in the utmost coasts of the wilderness.
20 They took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
21 And the Lord went before them to shew the way by day in a pillar of a cloud, and by night in a pillar of fire: that he might be the guide of their journey at both times.
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 There never failed the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, before the people.
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)