Exodus 13
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Exodus 13:8-14

8And 1you 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 2it shall 3serve as a sign to you on your hand, and as a reminder 4on your forehead, that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth; for with 5a powerful hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt. 10Therefore, you shall 6keep this ordinance at its appointed time from 7year to year.

11“Now when 8the Lord brings you to the land of the Canaanite, as 9He swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you, 1210you shall 11devote to the Lord every firstborn of a womb, and every firstborn offspring of an animal that you own; the males belong to the Lord. 13But 12every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and 13every 14firstborn among your sons you shall redeem. 1415And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘16With 17a powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of 18slavery.

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Notes

  1. 1. Exodus 13:8 Ex 10:2; 12:26f; 13:14; Ps 44:1 ↩
  2. 2. Exodus 13:9 Ex 12:14; 13:16; Num 15:39; Deut 6:8; 11:18 ↩
  3. 3. Exodus 13:9 Lit be for ↩
  4. 4. Exodus 13:9 Lit between your eyes ↩
  5. 5. Exodus 13:9 Ex 13:3 ↩
  6. 6. Exodus 13:10 Ex 12:24, 25; 13:5 ↩
  7. 7. Exodus 13:10 Lit days to days ↩
  8. 8. Exodus 13:11 Ex 13:5 ↩
  9. 9. Exodus 13:11 Gen 15:18; 17:8; 28:15; Ps 105:42-45 ↩
  10. 10. Exodus 13:12 Ex 13:1, 2; 22:29; 34:19; Lev 27:26; Num 18:15; Ezek 44:30; Luke 2:23 ↩
  11. 11. Exodus 13:12 Lit cause to pass over ↩
  12. 12. Exodus 13:13 Ex 34:20; Num 18:15 ↩
  13. 13. Exodus 13:13 Num 3:46 ↩
  14. 14. Exodus 13:13 Lit firstborn of a human ↩
  15. 15. Exodus 13:14 Ex 10:2; 12:26, 27; 13:8; Deut 6:20; Josh 4:6, 21 ↩
  16. 16. Exodus 13:14 Ex 13:3, 9 ↩
  17. 17. Exodus 13:14 Lit strength of hand ↩
  18. 18. Exodus 13:14 Lit slaves ↩

Commentaries on Exodus 13

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