13:1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: "Sanctify to me every firstborn which opens the womb among the sons of Israel, both of men and of beasts: for all things are mine." 13:3And Moses said to the people: "Remember this day on which you went out of Egypt and out of the house of slavery, since with a strong hand the Lord led you out of this place: so that you do not eat leavened bread. 13:4Today you go out in the month of new crops. 13:5And when the Lord has brought you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers that he would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you will celebrate this custom of sacred rites in this month.
13:6For seven days you will eat unleavened bread: and on the seventh day there will be a solemn feast of the Lord. 13:7Unleavened bread you will eat for seven days: there will not appear with you anything leavened, nor in all your borders. 13:8And you will tell your son on that day, saying: 'This is what the Lord did for me when I went out of Egypt.' 13:9And it will be as a sign on your hand, and as a reminder before your eyes: and so that the law of the Lord may always be in your mouth, for with a strong hand the Lord led you out of Egypt.
13:10You will keep worship of this kind at the appointed time from days to days. 13:11And when the Lord has brought you into the land of the Canaanite, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and has given it to you: you will set apart for the Lord all that opens the womb, and what is first-born among your cattle: whatever you have of the male sex, you will consecrate to the Lord. 13:13The firstborn of an ass you will exchange for a sheep: but if you do not redeem it, you will kill it. 13:13But every firstborn of man among your sons, you will redeem with a price.
13:14And when your son asks you tomorrow, saying: 'What is this?' 13:14you will answer him: 'With a strong hand the Lord led us out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 13:15For when Pharaoh had been hardened, and was refusing to let us go, the Lord killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of man to the firstborn of beasts: for that reason I sacrifice to the Lord all that opens the womb of the male sex, and all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.' 13:16So it will be as a sign on your hand, and as something hung, for remembrance, between your eyes: because with a strong hand the Lord led us out of Egypt."
13:17So when Pharaoh had sent out the people, God did not lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines which is near: thinking lest perhaps the people might repent, if they saw wars rising up against them, and might return into Egypt. 13:18But he led them round by the way of the desert, which is beside the Red Sea: and the sons of Israel went up armed out of the land of Egypt. 13:19Moses also took the bones of Joseph with him: because he had put the sons of Israel under oath, saying: "God will visit you; 13:19carry my bones away from here with you." 13:20And having set out from Succoth they encamped in Etham, in the furthest borders of the wilderness.
13:21And the Lord was going before them to show the way by day in a pillar of cloud, and by night in a pillar of fire: so that he might be the guide of the journey at both times. 13:22Never was the pillar of cloud lacking by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, before the people.