Exodus 13 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
1 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
2 Sanctifie vnto me all the first borne: that is, euery one that first openeth the wombe among the children of Israel, as well of man as of 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 Then Moses sayd vnto the people, Remember this day in the which ye came out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage: for by a mightie hande the Lord brought you out from thence: therefore no leauened bread shall bee 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 This day come yee out in the moneth of Abib.
4 Today you go out in the month Abib.
5 Now when the Lord hath brought thee into the land of the Canaanites, and Hittites, and Amorites, and Hiuites, and Iebusites (which he sware vnto thy fathers, that he woulde giue thee, a land flowing with milke and honie) then thou shalt keepe this seruice in this moneth.
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 Seuen dayes shalt thou eate vnleauened bread, and the seuenth day shall be the feast of the Lord.
6 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Yahweh.
7 Vnleauened bread shall bee eaten seuen dayes, and there shall no leauened bread be seene with thee, nor yet leauen be seene with thee in all thy quarters.
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 shew thy sonne in that day, saying, This is done, because of that which the Lord did vnto 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 it shalbe a signe vnto thee vpon thine hande, and for a remembrance betweene thine eyes, that the Lawe of the Lord may be in thy mouth: for by a strong hand the Lord brought thee 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 Keepe therefore this ordinance in his season appoynted from yeere to yeere.
10 You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.
11 And when the Lord shall bring thee into the lande of the Canaanites, as hee sware vnto thee and to thy fathers, and shall giue 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 Then thou shalt set apart vnto the Lord all that first openeth the wombe: also euery thing that first doeth open the wombe, and commeth forth of thy beast: the males shalbe the Lordes.
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 But euery first foale of an asse, thou shalt redeeme with a lambe: and if thou redeeme him not, then thou shalt breake his necke: likewise all the first borne of man among thy sonnes shalt thou bye out.
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 sonne shall aske thee to morowe, saying, What is this? thou shalt then say vnto him, With a mightie hande the Lord brought vs out 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 Pharaoh was harde hearted against our departing, the Lord then slewe all the first borne in the lande of Egypt: from the first borne of man euen to the first borne of beast: therefore I sacrifice vnto the Lord all the males that first open the wombe, but all the first borne of my sonnes I redeeme.
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 shalbe as a token vpon thine hand, and as frontlets betweene thine eyes, that the Lord brought vs out of Egypt by a mightie hande.
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 Nowe when Pharaoh had let the people go, God caried them not by the way of the Philistims countrey, though it were neerer: (for God sayd, Lest the people repent whe they see warre, and turne againe 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 made the people to go about by the way of the wildernesse of the red sea: and the children of Israel went vp 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 tooke the bones of Ioseph with him: for he had made the children of Israel sweare, saying, God will surely visite you, and ye shall take my bones away 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 So they tooke their iourney from Succoth, and camped in Etham in the edge of the wildernesse.
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 a cloude to leade them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to giue them light, that they might go both by day and by 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 He tooke not away the pillar of ye cloude by day, nor the pillar of fire by night from 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)
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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)