King James Version

1 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying. 2 "Sanctify to me every firstborn, the first of every womb among the children of Israel, of man and of beast; it is mine." 3 And Moses said to the people, "Remember this day, on which you went out from Egypt, from the house of bondage, for the Lord brought you out of there with a strong hand; and no leaven shall be eaten." 4 Today you are going out in the month of Aviv. 5 And it shall be when the LORD brings you to the land of the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Amorite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which He swore to your forefathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall serve this service in this month. 6 For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the LORD. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days, and no leaven shall be seen in you, and no sourdough shall be seen in all your border. 8 And you shall tell your son on that day, saying, "It is because of this that the Lord did for me when I went out of Egypt." 9 And it shall be to you a sign upon your hand and a memorial between your eyes, so that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth, for with a strong hand the Lord brought you out of Egypt. 10 And you shall keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year. 11 And it will be that when the LORD brings you to the land of the Canaanites, as He swore to you and to your fathers, and He will give it to you. 12 And you shall set apart every firstborn of the womb for the Lord, and every firstborn of the animals that are male for the Lord. 13 And every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a sheep, and if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. And every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem. 14 And it shall be when your son asks you tomorrow, saying, "What is this?" you shall say to him, "With a strong hand, the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slaves." 15 And it happened that when Pharaoh hardened his heart to let us go, the Lord killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of man to the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to the Lord all the males that open the womb, and every firstborn of my sons I redeem. 16 And it shall be for a sign on your hand and for frontlets between your eyes, for by a strong hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt. 17 And it was when Pharaoh let the people go, that God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines, for it was near; for God said, "Lest the people change their mind when they see war, and return to Egypt." 18 And God turned the people toward the way of the wilderness by the Sea of Reeds, and the children of Israel went up armed from the land of Egypt. 19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the sons of Israel swear, saying, "God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here with you." 20 And they set out from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the wilderness. 21 And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to guide them on the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, to go by day and night. 22 The pillar of cloud shall not depart by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.