Exodus 13:3-16

3Moses said to the people, “1Remember this day in which you went out from Egypt, from the house of 2slavery; for 3by 4a powerful hand the Lord brought you out from this place. 5And nothing leavened shall be eaten. 4On this day in the 6month of Abib, you are about to go forth. 5It shall be when the Lord 7brings you to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Hivite and the Jebusite, which 8He swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, 9that you shall 10observe this rite in this month. 6For 11seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the Lord. 7Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days; and 12nothing leavened shall be seen 13among you, nor shall any leaven be seen 14among you in all your borders. 815You shall tell your son on that day, saying, ‘It is because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ 9And 16it shall 17serve as a sign to you on your hand, and as a reminder 18on your forehead, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth; for with 19a powerful hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt. 10Therefore, you shall 20keep this ordinance at its appointed time from 21year to year.

11“Now when 22the Lord brings you to the land of the Canaanite, as 23He swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you, 1224you shall 25devote to the Lord the first 26offspring of every womb, and 27the first offspring of every beast that you own; the males belong to the Lord. 13But 28every first 29offspring of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and 30every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem. 1431And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘32With a 33powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of 34slavery. 15It came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the 35Lord killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to the Lord the males, the first 36offspring of every womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’ 16So 37it shall 38serve as a sign on your hand and as 39phylacteries 40on your forehead, for with a 41powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.”