Exodus 13:3-22.
Exodus 13:3-22 (GNT)
3Moses said to the people, Remember this day-the day on which you left
Egypt, the place where you were slaves. This is the day the Lord brought
you out by his great power. No leavened bread is to be eaten. 4You are
leaving Egypt on this day in the first month, the month of Abib. 5The Lord
solemnly promised your ancestors to give you the land of the Canaanites,
the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. When he brings
you into that rich and fertile land, you must celebrate this festival in
the first month of every year. 6For seven days you must eat unleavened
bread and on the seventh day there is to be a festival to honor the Lord.
7For seven days you must not eat any bread made with yeast; there must be
no yeast or leavened bread anywhere in your land. 8When the festival
begins, explain to your sons that you do all this because of what the Lord
did for you when you left Egypt. 9This observance will be a reminder, like
something tied on your hand or on your forehead; it will remind you to
continue to recite and study the Law of the Lord, because the Lord brought
you out of Egypt by his great power. 10Celebrate this festival at the
appointed time each year. 11The Lord will bring you into the land of the
Canaanites, which he solemnly promised to you and your ancestors. When he
gives it to you, 12you must offer every first-born male to the Lord. Every
first-born male of your animals belongs to the Lord, 13but you must buy
back from him every first-born male donkey by offering a lamb in its
place. If you do not want to buy back the donkey, break its neck. You must
buy back every first-born male child of yours. 14In the future, when your
son asks what this observance means, you will answer him, By using great
power the Lord brought us out of Egypt, the place where we were slaves.
15When the king of Egypt was stubborn and refused to let us go, the Lord
killed every first-born male in the land of Egypt, both human and animal.
That is why we sacrifice every first-born male animal to the Lord, but buy
back our first-born sons. 16This observance will be a reminder, like
something tied on our hands or on our foreheads; it will remind us that
the Lord brought us out of Egypt by his great power. 17When the king of
Egypt let the people go, God did not take them by the road that goes up
the coast to Philistia, although it was the shortest way. God thought, I
do not want the people to change their minds and return to Egypt when they
see that they are going to have to fight. 18Instead, he led them in a
roundabout way through the desert toward the Red Sea. The Israelites were
armed for battle. 19Moses took the body of Joseph with him, as Joseph had
made the Israelites solemnly promise to do. Joseph had said, When God
rescues you, you must carry my body with you from this place. 20The
Israelites left Sukkoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the desert.
21During the day the Lord went in front of them in a pillar of cloud to
show them the way, and during the night he went in front of them in a
pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel night and
day. 22The pillar of cloud was always in front of the people during the
day, and the pillar of fire at night.
3Moses said to the people, Remember this day-the day on which you left
Egypt, the place where you were slaves. This is the day the Lord brought
you out by his great power. No leavened bread is to be eaten. 4You are
leaving Egypt on this day in the first month, the month of Abib. 5The Lord
solemnly promised your ancestors to give you the land of the Canaanites,
the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. When he brings
you into that rich and fertile land, you must celebrate this festival in
the first month of every year. 6For seven days you must eat unleavened
bread and on the seventh day there is to be a festival to honor the Lord.
7For seven days you must not eat any bread made with yeast; there must be
no yeast or leavened bread anywhere in your land. 8When the festival
begins, explain to your sons that you do all this because of what the Lord
did for you when you left Egypt. 9This observance will be a reminder, like
something tied on your hand or on your forehead; it will remind you to
continue to recite and study the Law of the Lord, because the Lord brought
you out of Egypt by his great power. 10Celebrate this festival at the
appointed time each year. 11The Lord will bring you into the land of the
Canaanites, which he solemnly promised to you and your ancestors. When he
gives it to you, 12you must offer every first-born male to the Lord. Every
first-born male of your animals belongs to the Lord, 13but you must buy
back from him every first-born male donkey by offering a lamb in its
place. If you do not want to buy back the donkey, break its neck. You must
buy back every first-born male child of yours. 14In the future, when your
son asks what this observance means, you will answer him, By using great
power the Lord brought us out of Egypt, the place where we were slaves.
15When the king of Egypt was stubborn and refused to let us go, the Lord
killed every first-born male in the land of Egypt, both human and animal.
That is why we sacrifice every first-born male animal to the Lord, but buy
back our first-born sons. 16This observance will be a reminder, like
something tied on our hands or on our foreheads; it will remind us that
the Lord brought us out of Egypt by his great power. 17When the king of
Egypt let the people go, God did not take them by the road that goes up
the coast to Philistia, although it was the shortest way. God thought, I
do not want the people to change their minds and return to Egypt when they
see that they are going to have to fight. 18Instead, he led them in a
roundabout way through the desert toward the Red Sea. The Israelites were
armed for battle. 19Moses took the body of Joseph with him, as Joseph had
made the Israelites solemnly promise to do. Joseph had said, When God
rescues you, you must carry my body with you from this place. 20The
Israelites left Sukkoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the desert.
21During the day the Lord went in front of them in a pillar of cloud to
show them the way, and during the night he went in front of them in a
pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel night and
day. 22The pillar of cloud was always in front of the people during the
day, and the pillar of fire at night.
God bless you.
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Bernie Tontodonati
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