1 The firstborn set apart
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 ver. 12,13,15;ch. 22:29,30;Num. 3:13;Deut. 15:19;Luke 2:23Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
3 And Moses said unto the people, ch. 12:42;Deut. 16:3Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of [a]bondage; for ch. 6:1by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place: ch. 12:8there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
4 ch. 23:15;& 34:18;Deut. 16:1This day came ye out in the month Abib.
5 And it shall be when the Lord shall ch. 3:8bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he ch. 6:8sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, ch. 12:25,26that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
6 ch. 12:15,16Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.
7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall ch. 12:19no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
8 And thou shalt ver. 14;ch. 12:26shew 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.
9 And it shall be for See ver. 16;Deut. 6:8;Mat. 23:5a 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.
10 ch. 12:14,24Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.
11 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,
12 ver. 2;Lev. 27:26That thou shalt [b]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.
13 And ch. 34:20;Num. 18:15every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a [c]lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man amongst thy children Num. 3:46,47;& 18:15,16shalt thou redeem.
14 ch. 12:26;Deut. 6:20;Josh. 4:6,21And it shall be when thy son asketh thee [d]in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, ver. 3By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of [e]bondage:
15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that ch. 12:29the 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.
16 And it shall be for ver. 9a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt.
17 Crossing the Red sea
17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people ch. 14:11;Num. 14:1-4repent when they see war, and Deut. 17:16they return to Egypt:
18 But God ch. 14:2;Num. 33:6led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up [f]harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, Gen. 50:25;Josh. 24:32God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
20 And Num. 33:6they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
21 And ch. 14:19,24;Num. 9:15;& 14:14;Deut. 1:33;Neh. 9:12;Ps. 78:14;& 99:7;Is. 4:5;1 Cor. 10:1the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
