Chapter 13

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AND Yahuah spoke unto Mosheh, saying,

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Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever opens the womb among the children of Yashar'el, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

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And Mosheh said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Mitsrayim, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand Yahuah brought you out from this place: there shall no chamets be eaten.

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This day came ye out in the month Aviyv.

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And it shall be when Yahuah shall bring you into the land of the Kena`aniym, and the Chittiym, and the Emoriym, and the Chivviym, and the Yevuciym, which he swore unto your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month.

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Seven days you shall eat matstsah, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to Yahuah.

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Matstsah shall be eaten את seven days; and there shall no chamets be seen with you, neither shall there be leaven seen with you in all your quarters.

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And you shall show your son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which Yahuah did unto me when I came forth out of Mitsrayim.

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And it shall be for a sign unto you upon your hand, and for a memorial between your eyes, that Yahuah's Torah may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand has Yahuah brought you out of Mitsrayim.

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You shall therefore guard this ordinance in his appointed time from year to year.

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And it shall be when Yahuah shall bring you into the land of the Kena`aniym, as he swore unto you and to your fathers, and shall give it you,

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That you shall set apart unto Yahuah all that open the womb, and every firstling that comes of a beast which you have; the males shall be Yahuah's.

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And every firstling of an ass you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among your children shall you redeem.

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And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What is this? that you shall say unto him, By strength of hand Yahuah brought us out from Mitsrayim, from the house of bondage:

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And it came to pass, when Phar'oh would hardly let us go, that Yahuah slew all the firstborn in the land of Mitsrayim, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to Yahuah all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.

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And it shall be for a mark upon your hand, and for frontlets between your eyes: for by strength of hand Yahuah brought us forth out of Mitsrayim.

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And it came to pass, when Phar'oh had let the people go, that Elohiym led them not through the way of the land of the Pelishtiym, although that was near; for Elohiym said, Lest perchance the people repent when they see war, and they return to Mitsrayim:

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But Elohiym led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red Sea: and the children of Yashar'el went up harnessed out of the land of Mitsrayim.

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And Mosheh took the bones of Yoceph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Yashar'el, saying, Elohiym will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.

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And they took their journey from Cukkoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

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And Yahuah 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:

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He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.



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