Exodus 13:10
New International Version
You must keep this ordinance at the appointed time year after year.

New Living Translation
So observe the decree of this festival at the appointed time each year.

English Standard Version
You shall therefore keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.

Berean Standard Bible
Therefore you shall keep this statute at the appointed time year after year.

King James Bible
Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.

New King James Version
You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore, you shall keep this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year.

NASB 1995
“Therefore, you shall keep this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year.

NASB 1977
“Therefore, you shall keep this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year.

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore, you shall keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.

Amplified Bible
Therefore, you shall keep this ordinance at this time from year to year.

Christian Standard Bible
Keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.”

American Standard Version
Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.

Contemporary English Version
Celebrate this festival each year at the same time.

English Revised Version
Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
you must follow these rules every year at this time.

Good News Translation
Celebrate this festival at the appointed time each year.

International Standard Version
You are to keep this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year."

Majority Standard Bible
Therefore you shall keep this statute at the appointed time year after year.

NET Bible
So you must keep this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year.

New Heart English Bible
You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.

World English Bible
You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and you have kept this statute at its appointed time from days to days.

Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast kept this statute at its appointed season from days to days.

Smith's Literal Translation
And watch this law according to its appointment from days to days.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Thou shalt keep this observance at the set time from days to days.

Catholic Public Domain Version
You will keep this observance, at the established time, from day to day.

New American Bible
You will keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.

New Revised Standard Version
You shall keep this ordinance at its proper time from year to year.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
You must therefore keep this ordinance and this law at its appointed time from year to year.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And keep this commandment and this law for its time, from season to season.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And preserve ye this law according to the times of the seasons, from year to year.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Dedication of the Firstborn
9It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt. 10Therefore you shall keep this statute at the appointed time year after year. 11And after the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as He swore to you and your fathers,…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 6:8-9
Tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. / Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.

Deuteronomy 11:18-20
Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. / Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. / Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates,

Leviticus 23:4-8
These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times. / The Passover to the LORD begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. / On the fifteenth day of the same month begins the Feast of Unleavened Bread to the LORD. For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. ...

Numbers 9:2-5
“The Israelites are to observe the Passover at its appointed time. / You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.” / So Moses told the Israelites to observe the Passover, ...

Deuteronomy 16:1-8
Observe the month of Abib and celebrate the Passover to the LORD your God, because in the month of Abib the LORD your God brought you out of Egypt by night. / You are to offer to the LORD your God the Passover sacrifice from the herd or flock in the place the LORD will choose as a dwelling for His Name. / You must not eat leavened bread with it; for seven days you are to eat with it unleavened bread, the bread of affliction, because you left the land of Egypt in haste—so that you may remember for the rest of your life the day you left the land of Egypt. ...

Joshua 4:6-7
to serve as a sign among you. In the future, when your children ask, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ / you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites forever.”

2 Chronicles 35:1-19
Then Josiah kept the Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem, and the Passover lamb was slaughtered on the fourteenth day of the first month. / He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD. / To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel. ...

Psalm 78:5-7
For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children, / that the coming generation would know them—even children yet to be born—to arise and tell their own children / that they should put their confidence in God, not forgetting His works, but keeping His commandments.

Psalm 105:43-45
He brought forth His people with rejoicing, His chosen with shouts of joy. / He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor, / that they might keep His statutes and obey His laws. Hallelujah!

Nehemiah 8:14-18
And they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month, / and that they should proclaim this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.” / And the people went out, brought back branches, and made booths on their own rooftops, in their courtyards, in the courts of the house of God, and in the squares by the Water Gate and by the Gate of Ephraim. ...

Matthew 26:17-19
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / He answered, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him that the Teacher says, ‘My time is near. I will keep the Passover with My disciples at your house.’” / So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

Mark 14:12-16
On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed, Jesus’ disciples asked Him, “Where do You want us to prepare for You to eat the Passover?” / So He sent two of His disciples and told them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jug of water will meet you. Follow him, / and whichever house he enters, say to the owner, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is My guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’ ...

Luke 22:7-13
Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb was to be sacrificed. / Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.” / “Where do You want us to prepare it?” they asked. ...

John 13:1
It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.

1 Corinthians 5:7-8
Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. / Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.


Treasury of Scripture

You shall therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.

Exodus 12:14,24
And this day shall be unto you for a memorial; and ye shall keep it a feast to the LORD throughout your generations; ye shall keep it a feast by an ordinance for ever…

Exodus 23:15
Thou shalt keep the feast of unleavened bread: (thou shalt eat unleavened bread seven days, as I commanded thee, in the time appointed of the month Abib; for in it thou camest out from Egypt: and none shall appear before me empty:)

Leviticus 23:6
And on the fifteenth day of the same month is the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.

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Exodus 13
1. The firstborn are sanctified to God
3. The memorial of the Passover is commanded
11. The firstborn of man and beast are set apart
17. The Israelites go out of Egypt, and carry Joseph's bones with them.
20. They come to Etham
21. God guides them by a pillar of a cloud, and a pillar of fire














Therefore
This word serves as a conclusion or result of the preceding instructions. In the context of Exodus, it connects the command to observe the Passover with the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt. The Hebrew word used here is "וְשָׁמַרְתָּ" (v'shamarta), which implies a careful and intentional observance. It reminds believers that their actions are a response to God's mighty acts of salvation.

you shall keep
The phrase emphasizes the personal responsibility of the Israelites to observe God's commands. The Hebrew root "שָׁמַר" (shamar) means to guard, watch, or preserve. This implies not just a passive remembrance but an active, diligent practice. It calls Christians today to actively engage in their faith, preserving the teachings and traditions handed down through Scripture.

this ordinance
The term "ordinance" refers to a statute or decree given by God. In Hebrew, "חֹק" (choq) signifies a law that is established and unchanging. This particular ordinance is the Passover, a foundational event in Israel's history. It serves as a perpetual reminder of God's deliverance and faithfulness, pointing forward to the ultimate deliverance through Christ.

at the appointed time
This phrase underscores the importance of timing in God's commands. The Hebrew "מוֹעֵד" (moed) means an appointed time or season, often used for festivals and sacred assemblies. It highlights God's sovereignty over time and history, reminding believers that God's plans unfold according to His divine schedule.

year after year
The repetition of this observance "year after year" indicates its perpetual nature. The Hebrew "יָמִים" (yamim) means days, but in this context, it refers to the annual cycle. This continual observance serves to ingrain the memory of God's deliverance into the fabric of Israelite life. For Christians, it symbolizes the ongoing remembrance of Christ's sacrifice and the anticipation of His return.

Verse 10. - This ordinance. The ordinance of unleavened bread. See Exodus 12:14, 24.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Therefore you shall keep
וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֛ (wə·šā·mar·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

this
הַזֹּ֖את (haz·zōṯ)
Article | Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

ordinance
הַחֻקָּ֥ה (ha·ḥuq·qāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2708: Something prescribed, an enactment, statute

at the appointed time
לְמוֹעֲדָ֑הּ (lə·mō·w·‘ă·ḏāh)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's 4150: Appointed time, place, or meeting

year
מִיָּמִ֖ים (mî·yā·mîm)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

after year.
יָמִֽימָה׃ (yā·mî·māh)
Noun - masculine plural | third person feminine singular
Strong's 3117: A day


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