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Nothing leavened may be eaten.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.13.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.13.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Today, in the month of Abib,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Exodus.13.4.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.13.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> you are going out. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.13.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hethites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Exodus.13.5.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> which he swore to your ancestors that he would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.13.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> you must carry out this ceremony in this month.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.13.5.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.13.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For seven days you must eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there is to be a festival to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.13.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Unleavened bread is to be eaten for those seven days. Nothing leavened may be found among you, and no yeast may be found among you in all your territory. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.13.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>On that day explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> did for me when I came out of Egypt.’<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.13.8.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.13.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Let it serve as a sign for you on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Exodus.13.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">a</span></a> <a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.13.9.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> so that the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s instruction may be in your mouth; for the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> brought you out of Egypt with a strong hand. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.13.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.13.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“When the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and your ancestors, and gives it to you, <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.13.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>you are to present to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> every firstborn male of the womb. All firstborn offspring of the livestock you own that are males will be the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span>’s. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.13.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>You must redeem every firstborn of a donkey with a flock animal, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. However, you must redeem every firstborn among your sons.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.13.13.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.13.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“In the future, when your son<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.13.14.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> asks you, ‘What does this mean? ’ say to him, ‘By the strength of his hand the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> brought us out of Egypt, out of the place of slavery. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.13.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> killed every firstborn male in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of humans and the firstborn of livestock. That is why I sacrifice to the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> all the firstborn of the womb that are males, but I redeem all the firstborn of my sons.’ <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.13.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>So let it be a sign on your hand and a symbol<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Exodus.13.16.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> on your forehead, for the L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> brought us out of Egypt by the strength of his hand.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.13.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><h3 class="head1">The Route of the Exodus</h3><p class="noind"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.13.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road to the land of the Philistines, even though it was nearby; for God said, “The people will change their minds and return to Egypt if they face war.”<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.13.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.13.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>So he led the people around toward the Red Sea along the road of the wilderness. And the Israelites left the land of Egypt in battle formation.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.13.18.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.13.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Moses took the bones of Joseph<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.13.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> with him, because Joseph had made the Israelites swear a solemn oath, saying, “God will certainly come to your aid; then you must take my bones with you from this place.”</p><p class="scripture"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.13.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>They set out from Succoth and camped at Etham on the edge of the wilderness. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.13.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The L<span class="smallcaps">ord</span> went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Exodus.13.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> to lead them on their way during the day and in a pillar of fire to give them light at night, so that they could travel day or night. <span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Exodus.13.22" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/exodus/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night never left its place in front of the people.</p><br /><section id="footnotes-Exodus.13" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Exodus.13.4.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.13.4">13:4</a></span> March–April; called Nisan in the post-exilic period; Neh 2:1; Est 3:7</aside><aside id="fn.Exodus.13.5.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.13.5">13:5</a></span> DSS, Sam, LXX, Syr add <span class="italic">Girgashites</span> and <span class="italic">Perizzites</span> ; Jos 3:10</aside><aside id="fn.Exodus.13.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.13.9">13:9</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">reminder between your eyes</span></aside><aside id="fn.Exodus.13.16.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.13.16">13:16</a></span> Or <span class="italic">phylactery</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Exodus.13" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Exodus.13.2.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.13.2">13:2</a></span> Ex 13:12–13,15; 22:29–30; Nm 3:13; Dt 15:9; Lk 2:23</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.13.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.13.3">13:3</a></span> Ex 6:1; 12:8,42; Dt 16:3</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.13.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.13.4">13:4</a></span> Ex 12:2; 23:15; 34:18; Dt 16:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.13.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.13.5">13:5</a></span> Ex 3:8; 33:3; Nm 16:14; Jos 5:6; Jr 32:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.13.5.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.13.5">13:5</a></span> Ex 6:8; 12:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.13.8.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.13.8">13:8</a></span> Ex 3:14; 12:26–27</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.13.9.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.13.9">13:9</a></span> Ex 13:16; Dt 6:8; 11:18</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.13.13.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.13.13">13:13</a></span> Ex 34:20; Nm 3:46–47; 18:15</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.13.14.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.13.14">13:14</a></span> Ex 12:26–27; Dt 6:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.13.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.13.15">13:15-16</a></span> Ex 12:29; 13:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.13.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.13.17">13:17</a></span> Ex 14:11; Nm 14:1–4; Dt 17:16</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.13.18.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.13.18">13:18</a></span> Ex 14:2; Nm 33:6; Jos 1:14</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.13.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.13.19">13:19</a></span> Gn 50:25; Jos 24:32; Ac 7:16; Heb 11:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Exodus.13.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Exodus.13.21">13:21</a></span> Ex 14:19; Nm 9:15–16; Dt 1:33; Neh 9:12; Ps 78:14; 99:7; Is 4:5; 1Co 10:1</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Exodus.13" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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