1And Jehovah spake unto Moses , saying , 2Sanctify unto me all the first-born, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel , both of man and of beast: it is mine .
The Feast of Unleavened Bread
3And Moses said unto the people , Remember this day , in which ye came out from Egypt , out of the house of bondage ; for by strength of hand Jehovah brought you out from this place : there shall no leavened bread be eaten. 4This day ye go forth in the month Abib. 5And it shall be , when Jehovah shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite , and the Hittite , and the Amorite, and the Hivite , and the Jebusite , which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee , a land flowing with milk and honey , that thou shalt keep this service in this month . 6Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread , and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Jehovah . 7Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days ; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee , neither shall there be leaven seen with thee , in all thy borders . 8And thou shalt tell thy son in that day , saying, It is because of that which Jehovah did for me when I came forth out of Egypt . 9And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thy hand , and for a memorial between thine eyes , that the law of Jehovah may be in thy mouth : for with a strong hand hath Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt . 10Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year .
The Lord's Guidance
11And it shall be , when Jehovah shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanite , as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee , 12that thou shalt set apart unto Jehovah all that openeth the womb , and every firstling which thou hast that cometh of a beast; the males shall be Jehovah ’s. 13And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb ; and if thou wilt not redeem it , then thou shalt break its neck : and all the first-born of man among thy sons shalt thou redeem . 14And it shall be , when thy son asketh thee in time to come , saying, What is this ? that thou shalt say unto him , By strength of hand Jehovah brought us out from Egypt , from the house of bondage : 15and it came to pass , when Pharaoh would hardly let us go , that Jehovah slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt , both the first-born of man , and the first-born of beast: therefore I sacrifice to Jehovah all that openeth the womb , being males ; but all the first-born of my sons I redeem . 16And it shall be for a sign upon thy hand , and for frontlets between thine eyes : for by strength of hand Jehovah brought us forth out of Egypt . 17And it came to pass , when Pharaoh had let the people go , that God led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines , although that was near ; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war , and they return to Egypt : 18but God led the people about , by the way of the wilderness by the Red Sea : and the children of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt . 19And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him : for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel , saying, God will surely visit you ; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you . 20And they took their journey from Succoth , and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness . 21And Jehovah went before them by day in a pillar of cloud , to lead them the way , and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; that they might go by day and by night : 22the pillar of cloud by day , and the pillar of fire by night , departed not from before the people .