Exodus 13:14 - Prayer Tents

Exodus 13

Consecration of the Firstborn

13THE LORD said to Moses,H3068H1696H4872H5592Sanctify (consecrate, set apart) to Me all the firstborn [males]; whatever is first to open the womb among the Israelites, both of man and of beast, is Mine.H6942H1060H6363H7358H1121H3478H120H9293And Moses said to the people, [Earnestly] remember this day in which you came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage {and} bondmen, for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place; no leavened bread shall be eaten.H4872H559H5971H2142H2088H3117H3318H4714H1004H5650H2392H3027H3068H3318H2557H3984This day you go forth in the month Abib.H3117H3318H2320H245And when the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which He promised {and} swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey [a land of plenty], you shall keep this service in this month.H3068H935H776H3669H2850H567H2340H2983H7650H1H5414H776H2100H2461H1706H5647H5656H23206Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread and the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.H7651H3117H398H4682H7637H3117H2282H30687Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days; no leavened bread shall be seen with you, neither shall there be leaven in all your territory.H4682H398H7651H3117H2557H7200H7603H7200H13668You shall explain to your son on that day, This is done because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.H5046H1121H3117H559H5668H2088H3068H6213H3318H47149It shall be as a sign to you upon your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt.H226H3027H2146H5869H3068H8451H6310H2389H3027H3068H3318H471410You shall therefore keep this ordinance at this time from year to year.H8104H2708H4150H3117H311711And when the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as He promised {and} swore to you and your fathers, and shall give it to you,H3068H935H776H3669H7650H1H541412You shall set apart to the Lord all that first opens the womb. All the firstlings of your livestock that are males shall be the Lord's.H5674H3068H6363H7358H6363H7698H929H2145H306813Every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem by [substituting for it] a lamb, or if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and every firstborn among your sons shall you redeem.H6363H2543H6299H7716H6299H6202H1060H120H1121H629914And when, in time to come, your son asks you, What does this mean? You shall say to him, By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage {and} bondmen.H1121H7592H4279H559H559H2392H3027H3068H3318H4714H1004H565015For when Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and of livestock. Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all the males that first open the womb; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.H6547H7185H7971H3068H2026H1060H776H4714H1060H120H1060H929H2076H3068H6363H7358H2145H1060H1121H629916And it shall be as a reminder upon your hand or as frontlets between your eyes, for by a strong hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.H226H3027H2903H5869H2392H3027H3068H3318H4714

God Leads the People

17When Pharaoh let the people go, God led them not by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was nearer; for God said, Lest the people change their purpose when they see war and return to Egypt.H6547H5971H7971H430H5148H1870H776H6430H3588H7138H430H559H5971H5162H7200H4421H7725H471418But God led the people around by way of the wilderness toward the Red Sea. And the Israelites went up marshaled [in ranks] out of the land of Egypt.H430H5437H5971H5437H1870H4057H5488H3220H1121H3478H5927H2571H776H471419And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for [Joseph] had strictly sworn the Israelites, saying, Surely God will be with you, and you must carry my bones away from here with you.H4872H3947H6106H3130H7650H7650H1121H3478H559H430H6485H6485H5927H6106H592720They journeyed from Succoth and encamped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness.H5265H5523H2583H864H7097H405721The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night.H3068H1980H6440H3119H5982H6051H5148H1870H3915H5982H784H215H3212H3119H391522The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people.H4185H5982H6051H3119H5982H784H3915H6440H5971