Exodus 13:1WEB
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
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Exodus 13:1WEB
Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Exodus 13:2WEB
“Sanctify to me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of animal. It is mine.”
Exodus 13:3WEB
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.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Exodus 13:4WEB
Today you go out in the month Abib.
Exodus 13:5WEB
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.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Exodus 13:6WEB
Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Yahweh.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Exodus 13:7WEB
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.
Exodus 13:8WEB
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.’
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Exodus 13:9WEB
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.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Exodus 13:10WEB
You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.
Exodus 13:11WEB
“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,
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Exodus 13:12WEB
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.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Exodus 13:13WEB
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.
Exodus 13:14WEB
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.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Exodus 13:15WEB
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.’
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Exodus 13:16WEB
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.”
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Exodus 13:17WEB
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”;
Exodus 13:18WEB
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.
Exodus 13:19WEB
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.”
Exodus 13:20WEB
They took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
Exodus 13:21WEB
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:
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Exodus 13:22WEB
the pillar of cloud by day, and the pillar of fire by night, didn’t depart from before the people.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.