Exodus 13 Free Bible Version
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1 The Lord told Moses,
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 “Every firstborn male is to be dedicated to me. The firstborn from every Israelite family belongs to me, and also every firstborn animal.”
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 So Moses told the people, “Remember this is the day you left Egypt, the land of your slavery, for the Lord led you out of it by his amazing power. (Nothing with yeast in it shall be eaten.)
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 Today you are on your way, this day in the month of Abib.
4 Today you go out in the month Abib.
5 The Lord is going to take you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites, the land he promised your forefathers he would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey. So you are to observe this ceremony 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 you are to only eat bread without yeast, and on the seventh day hold a religious festival to honor the Lord.
6 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Yahweh.
7 Only bread without yeast is to be eaten during those seven days. You are not to have any yeast, in fact there is to be no yeast in any place where you live.
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 On that day tell your children, ‘This is because of what the Lord did for me when I left 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 When you celebrate this ceremony it will be like a sign on your hand and a reminder between your eyes that this teaching of the Lord should be spoken about regularly. For the Lord led you out of Egypt with his great power.
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 That's why you are to observe this ceremony at the proper time every year.
10 You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.
11 Once the Lord takes you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as he promised you and your forefathers,
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 present to the Lord all firstborn males, human or animal. The firstborn males of your livestock all belong 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 You must buy back every firstborn donkey with a lamb, and if you don't do so, you have to break its neck. You must buy back every firstborn of your sons.
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 When in the future your children come to you and ask, ‘Why is this ceremony important to you?’ you are to tell them, ‘The Lord led us out of Egypt, the land of our slavery, by his amazing power.
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 Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us leave, so the Lord killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both human and animal. That's the reason why I sacrifice to the Lord the firstborn male of every animal, and I buy back all the firstborn of my sons.’
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 In this way it will be like a sign on your hand and a reminder between your eyes, for the Lord led us out of Egypt by his amazing power.”
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 When Pharaoh let the Israelites leave, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, even though that was a shorter way. For God said, “If they are forced to fight, they might change their minds 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 So God led the people by the longer way through the desert towards the Red Sea. When the Israelites left the land of Egypt they were like an army ready for battle.
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 Moses carried Joseph's bones with him because Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear a solemn promise, saying, “God will definitely take care of you, and then you must take my bones with you when you leave here.”
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 They traveled on from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the desert.
20 They took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
21 The Lord went ahead of them as a pillar of cloud to show them the way during the day, and as a pillar of fire to provide them with light at night. Like this they could travel by day or 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 during the day and the pillar of fire at night were always in front of 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)
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- 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)