02:013:001 And the lord spake unto Moses, saying,
02:013:002 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever
openeth the
womb
among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast:
it
is mine.
02:013:003 And 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 the lord brought you out from this place:
there
shall no leavened bread be eaten.
02:013:004 This day came ye out in the month Abib.
02:013:005 And it shall be when the lord shall
bring thee 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 thou
shalt
keep
this service in this month.
02:013:006 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread,
and in the seventh
day
shall be a feast to the lord.
02:013:007 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days;
and there shall no
leavened
bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be
leaven
seen with thee in all thy quarters.
02:013:008 And thou shalt 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.
02:013:009 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon
thine hand, and for
a
memorial between thine eyes, that the LORD’s
law may be in
thy
mouth: for with a strong hand hath the lord
brought thee
out
of Egypt.
02:013:010 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance
in his season from
year
to year.
02:013:011 And it shall be when the lord shall
bring thee into the land
of
the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers,
and
shall give it thee,
02:013:012 That thou shalt set apart unto the lord
all that openeth the
matrix,
and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou
hast;
the males shall be the LORD’s.
02:013:013 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt
redeem with a lamb;
and
if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his
neck:
and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt
thou
redeem.
02:013:014 And 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 the lord brought us out from Egypt, from
the
house
of bondage:
02:013:015 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would
hardly let us go, that
the
lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,
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.


