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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Exodus 13 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/exodus/13.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/exodus/13-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > Exodus 13</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../exodus/12.htm" title="Exodus 12">◄</a> Exodus 13 <a href="../exodus/14.htm" title="Exodus 14">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/exodus/13.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Dedication of the Firstborn</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then the LORD said to Moses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Dedicate to me every firstborn among the Israelites. The first offspring to be born, of both humans and animals, belongs to me.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>So Moses said to the people, “This is a day to remember forever—the day you left Egypt, the place of your slavery. Today the LORD has brought you out by the power of his mighty hand. (Remember, eat no food containing yeast.) <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>On this day in early spring, in the month of Abib,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> you have been set free. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You must celebrate this event in this month each year after the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites. (He swore to your ancestors that he would give you this land—a land flowing with milk and honey.) <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For seven days the bread you eat must be made without yeast. Then on the seventh day, celebrate a feast to the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Eat bread without yeast during those seven days. In fact, there must be no yeast bread or any yeast at all found within the borders of your land during this time.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“On the seventh day you must explain to your children, ‘I am celebrating what the LORD did for me when I left Egypt.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>This annual festival will be a visible sign to you, like a mark branded on your hand or your forehead. Let it remind you always to recite this teaching of the LORD: ‘With a strong hand, the LORD rescued you from Egypt.’<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So observe the decree of this festival at the appointed time each year.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“This is what you must do when the LORD fulfills the promise he swore to you and to your ancestors. When he gives you the land where the Canaanites now live, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>you must present all firstborn sons and firstborn male animals to the LORD, for they belong to him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>A firstborn donkey may be bought back from the LORD by presenting a lamb or young goat in its place. But if you do not buy it back, you must break its neck. However, you must buy back every firstborn son.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“And in the future, your children will ask you, ‘What does all this mean?’ Then you will tell them, ‘With the power of his mighty hand, the LORD brought us out of Egypt, the place of our slavery. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, so the LORD killed all the firstborn males throughout the land of Egypt, both people and animals. That is why I now sacrifice all the firstborn males to the LORD—except that the firstborn sons are always bought back.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>This ceremony will be like a mark branded on your hand or your forehead. It is a reminder that the power of the LORD’s mighty hand brought us out of Egypt.”</p><p class="hdg">Israel’s Wilderness Detour</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When Pharaoh finally let the people go, God did not lead them along the main road that runs through Philistine territory, even though that was the shortest route to the Promised Land. God said, “If the people are faced with a battle, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.” <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So God led them in a roundabout way through the wilderness toward the Red Sea.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> Thus the Israelites left Egypt like an army ready for battle.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a></p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear to do this. He said, “God will certainly come to help you. When he does, you must take my bones with you from this place.”</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The Israelites left Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The LORD went ahead of them. He guided them during the day with a pillar of cloud, and he provided light at night with a pillar of fire. This allowed them to travel by day or by night. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And the LORD did not remove the pillar of cloud or pillar of fire from its place in front of the people.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">13:4 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">On this day in the month of Abib.</span><span class="ft"> This first month of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar usually occurs within the months of March and April.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">13:9 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">Let it remind you always to keep the instructions of the </span><span class="sc"><span class="it">Lord</span></span><span class="it"> on the tip of your tongue, because with a strong hand, the </span><span class="sc"><span class="it">Lord</span></span><span class="it"> rescued you from Egypt.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">13:18a </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">sea of reeds.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">13:18b </span><span class="ft">Greek version reads </span><span class="it">left Egypt in the fifth generation.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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