Exodus 13:1-9 ▼

1 The LORD spoke to Moses,

2 |Consecrate to me every firstborn male. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the Israelis, both of humans and of animals, belongs to me.|

3 Then Moses told the people, |Remember this day on which you came out of Egypt, from the house of bondage, because the LORD brought you out from this place with a strong show of force. Moreover, nothing leavened is to be eaten.

4 Today, in the month of Abib, you are going out.

5 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 ancestors to give you—a land flowing with milk and honey—you are to observe this ritual in this month.

6 You are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, and on the seventh day there is to be a festival to the LORD.

7 Unleavened bread is to be eaten for seven days, and nothing leavened is to be seen among you, nor is leaven to be seen among you throughout your territory.

8 And you are to tell your child on that day, 'This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.'

9 It is to be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead, so that you may speak about the instruction of the LORD; for the LORD brought you out of Egypt with a strong show of force.