1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

2 ^aSanctify unto me all the ^bfirstborn, whatsoever ^copeneth the ^dwomb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.

3 ¶ And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from ^aEgypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.

4 This day ^acame ye out in ^bthe month ^cAbib.

5 ¶ And it shall be when the Lord shall ^abring thee into the land of the ^bCanaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he ^csware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land ^dflowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.

7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no ^aleavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be ^bleaven seen with thee ^cin all thy quarters.

8 ¶ And thou shalt ^ashew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.

9 And it shall be for a ^asign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a ^bmemorial between thine eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.

10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance ^ain his season from year to year.

11 ¶ And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the ^aCanaanites, as he ^bsware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,

12 That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord ^aall that openeth the matrix, and every ^bfirstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the Lord’s.

13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the ^afirstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.

14 ¶ And it shall be when thy ^ason ^basketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the Lord ^cbrought us out from Egypt, from the house of ^dbondage:

15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord ^aslew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.

16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for ^afrontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt.

17 ¶ And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest ^aperadventure the people ^brepent when they see war, and they ^creturn to Egypt:

18 But God ^aled the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of ^bIsrael went up ^charnessed out of the land of Egypt.

19 And Moses took the bones of ^aJoseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my ^bbones away hence with you.

20 ¶ And they took their journey from ^aSuccoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.

21 And the ^aLord went before them by day in a pillar of a ^bcloud, to ^clead them the way; and by night in a ^dpillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

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