出埃及記 第 13 章

And the Lord said to Moses, saying,

“Sanctify to me every firstborn, first-produced, that opens every womb among the sons of Israel, from man to beast; it is mine.”

And Moses said to the people, “Remember this day, on which you came out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for by a mighty hand the Lord brought you out from here. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.

For today you are going out, in the month of the new grain.

And it shall be, when the Lord your God brings you into the land of the Chananites and Chettites and Heuites and Gergesites and Amorrites and Pherezites and Iebousites, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, then you shall perform this service in this month.

Six days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there is a feast of the Lord.

For the seven days you shall eat unleavened bread; nothing leavened shall be seen with you, nor shall there be leaven with you in all your borders.

And on that day you shall declare to your son, saying, ‘Because of this the Lord God did for me when I was coming out of Egypt.’

And it shall be for you a sign upon your hand and a memorial before your eyes, so that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth; for by a mighty hand the Lord God brought you out of Egypt.

And you shall keep this law at the appointed seasons, from days to days.

And it shall be, when the Lord your God brings you into the land of the Chananites, just as he swore to your fathers, and gives it to you,

you shall set apart to the Lord every male that opens the womb; every one that opens the womb from among your herds or among your livestock, whatever males are born to you, you shall sanctify to the Lord.

Every one that opens the womb of a donkey you shall exchange for a sheep; and if you do not exchange it, you shall redeem it. Every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.

And if your son asks you afterward, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘By a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.’

And when Pharaoh hardened himself against sending us away, he killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of men to the firstborn of livestock. For this reason I sacrifice to the Lord every male that opens the womb, and every firstborn of my sons I will redeem.’

And it shall be for a sign upon your hand and an unshakeable token before your eyes; for by a mighty hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt.”

And when Pharaoh sent the people away, God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Phylistiim, because it was near; for God said, “Lest the people regret it when they see war, and turn back to Egypt.”

And God led the people around by the way into the wilderness to the Red Sea. And it was in the fifth generation that the sons of Israel went up out of the land of Egypt.

And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had solemnly adjured the sons of Israel, saying, “The Lord will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here with you.”

And the sons of Israel set out from Sokchoth and encamped at Othom beside the wilderness.

And God led them: by day in a pillar of cloud, to show them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire.

The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not fail from before all the people.