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Chapter 13  
     
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 And the Lord spoke unto Moses in dream, saying,
  
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 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
  
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 And when Moses awoke he said unto the people, Remember this day, in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
  
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 This day came you out in the month Abib.
  
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 And it shall be when the Lord shall bring you into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month.
  
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 Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.
  
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 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with you in all thy quarters.
  
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 And you shall shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
  
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 And it shall be for a sign unto you upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that the Lord's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand has the Lord brought you out of Egypt.
  
10.
 Thou shall therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year until His final covenant.
  
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 And it shall be when the Lord shall bring you into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto you and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,
  
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 That you shall set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which you hast; the males shall be the Lord's.
  
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 And every firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shall you redeem.
  
14.
 And it shall be when thy son asketh you in time to come, saying, What is this? that you shall say unto him, By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
  
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 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the firstborn in the land of Egypt had died, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
  
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 And it shall be for a token upon your hand, and for frontlets between your eyes: for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt.
  
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 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest in which the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
  
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 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
  
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 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and you shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
  
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 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
  
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 And the Lord went before them by day like a distant cloud and by night as a star like a pillar of fire, to go by day and night:
  
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 He took not away the cloud by day, nor the stars by night, from before the people.
  

 
 
 

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