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href="/bsb/exodus/13.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/exodus/13.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />You must keep this ordinance at the appointed time year after year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/exodus/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />So observe the decree of this festival at the appointed time each year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/exodus/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall therefore keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/exodus/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore you shall keep this statute at the appointed time year after year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/exodus/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/exodus/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/exodus/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, you shall keep this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/exodus/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Therefore, you shall keep this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/exodus/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Therefore, you shall keep this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/exodus/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Therefore, you shall keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/exodus/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Therefore, you shall keep this ordinance at this time from year to year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/exodus/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/exodus/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/exodus/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/exodus/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Celebrate this festival each year at the same time. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/exodus/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/exodus/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />you must follow these rules every year at this time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/exodus/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Celebrate this festival at the appointed time each year. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/exodus/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You are to keep this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/exodus/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Therefore you shall keep this statute at the appointed time year after year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/exodus/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So you must keep this ordinance at its appointed time from year to year. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/exodus/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/exodus/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/exodus/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/exodus/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and you have kept this statute at its appointed time from days to days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/exodus/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and thou hast kept this statute at its appointed season from days to days.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/exodus/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And watch this law according to its appointment from days to days.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/exodus/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou shalt keep this observance at the set time from days to days. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/exodus/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />You will keep this observance, at the established time, from day to day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/exodus/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You will keep this statute at its appointed time from year to year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/exodus/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You shall keep this ordinance at its proper time from year to year.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/exodus/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />You must therefore keep this ordinance and this law at its appointed time from year to year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/exodus/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And keep this commandment and this law for its time, from season to season.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/exodus/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/exodus/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And preserve ye this law according to the times of the seasons, from year to year.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/exodus/13-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kVae3PiKqhs?start=3259" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/exodus/13.htm">The Dedication of the Firstborn</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>It 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. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: wə·šā·mar·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">Therefore you shall keep</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: haz·zōṯ (Art:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">this</a> <a href="/hebrew/2708.htm" title="2708: ha·ḥuq·qāh (Art:: N-fs) -- Something prescribed, an enactment, statute. Feminine of choq, and meaning substantially the same.">statute</a> <a href="/hebrew/4150.htm" title="4150: lə·mō·w·‘ă·ḏāh (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 3fs) -- Appointed time, place, or meeting. ">at the appointed time</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: mî·yā·mîm (Prep-m:: N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">year</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: yā·mî·māh (N-mp:: 3fs) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">after year.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>And after the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as He swore to you and your fathers,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Deuteronomy 6:8-9</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">Deuteronomy 11:18-20</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/23-4.htm">Leviticus 23:4-8</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/9-2.htm">Numbers 9:2-5</a></span><br />“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, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/16-1.htm">Deuteronomy 16:1-8</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joshua/4-6.htm">Joshua 4:6-7</a></span><br />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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-1.htm">2 Chronicles 35:1-19</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/78-5.htm">Psalm 78:5-7</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/105-43.htm">Psalm 105:43-45</a></span><br />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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/8-14.htm">Nehemiah 8:14-18</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-17.htm">Matthew 26:17-19</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/14-12.htm">Mark 14:12-16</a></span><br />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?’ ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-7.htm">Luke 22:7-13</a></span><br />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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/13-1.htm">John 13:1</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7-8</a></span><br />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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You shall therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/12-14.htm">Exodus 12:14,24</a></b></br> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/23-15.htm">Exodus 23:15</a></b></br> 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:)</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/23-6.htm">Leviticus 23:6</a></b></br> And on the fifteenth day of the same month <i>is</i> the feast of unleavened bread unto the LORD: seven days ye must eat unleavened bread.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/exodus/9-5.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/exodus/13-3.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/exodus/12-24.htm">Order</a> <a href="/exodus/12-43.htm">Ordinance</a> <a href="/exodus/10-29.htm">Right</a> <a href="/genesis/40-4.htm">Season</a> <a href="/exodus/12-43.htm">Statute</a> <a href="/exodus/12-40.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/exodus/21-9.htm">Appointed</a> <a href="/exodus/16-19.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/exodus/13-18.htm">Order</a> <a href="/exodus/15-25.htm">Ordinance</a> <a href="/exodus/14-22.htm">Right</a> <a href="/exodus/34-21.htm">Season</a> <a href="/exodus/15-25.htm">Statute</a> <a href="/exodus/13-14.htm">Time</a><div class="vheading2">Exodus 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/13-1.htm">The firstborn are sanctified to God</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/13-3.htm">The memorial of the Passover is commanded</a></span><br><span class="reftext">11. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/13-11.htm">The firstborn of man and beast are set apart</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/13-17.htm">The Israelites go out of Egypt, and carry Joseph's bones with them.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">20. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/13-20.htm">They come to Etham</a></span><br><span class="reftext">21. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/exodus/13-21.htm">God guides them by a pillar of a cloud, and a pillar of fire</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/exodus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/exodus/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Therefore you shall keep this statute</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the importance of obedience to God's commands. The statute refers to the observance of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, which commemorates the Israelites' exodus from Egypt. This command is a reminder of God's deliverance and faithfulness. The use of "shall" indicates a non-negotiable directive, underscoring the seriousness of maintaining this tradition as a perpetual reminder of God's covenant with His people.<p><b>at the appointed time</b><br>The phrase "appointed time" signifies a specific period set by God for the observance of this statute. It highlights the importance of divine timing and order in worship. This concept of appointed times is seen throughout the Old Testament, such as in <a href="/leviticus/23.htm">Leviticus 23</a>, where God establishes various feasts and holy days. It reflects the structured nature of Israelite worship and the rhythm of their religious calendar, which was designed to keep the community focused on God's acts of salvation and provision.<p><b>year after year</b><br>This phrase indicates the perpetual nature of the observance. It was not a one-time event but a continual practice meant to be passed down through generations. This annual observance served as a teaching tool for future generations, ensuring that the story of God's deliverance was not forgotten. It also points to the cyclical nature of God's covenant relationship with His people, which is renewed and remembered through regular observance. This concept of remembrance is echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus institutes the Lord's Supper as a continual remembrance of His sacrifice (<a href="/luke/22-19.htm">Luke 22:19</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, chosen by God to lead His people out of Egypt. He is the one conveying God's commandments to the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The descendants of Jacob, who are being led out of slavery in Egypt and are receiving God's laws and ordinances.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>The land from which the Israelites are being delivered. It represents bondage and oppression in the biblical account.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/passover.htm">Passover</a></b><br>The event commemorated by the ordinance mentioned in this verse, marking the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The destination of the Israelites, symbolizing freedom and God's faithfulness to His promises.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_remembrance.htm">The Importance of Remembrance</a></b><br>The ordinance serves as a reminder of God's deliverance and faithfulness. Regular observance helps keep the memory of God's mighty acts alive in the community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commands.htm">Obedience to God's Commands</a></b><br>The Israelites are instructed to keep the ordinance "year after year," highlighting the importance of consistent obedience to God's laws.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_significance_of_traditions.htm">Spiritual Significance of Traditions</a></b><br>Traditions like the Passover are not just rituals but carry deep spiritual significance, pointing to God's salvation and covenant with His people.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/continuity_of_faith.htm">Continuity of Faith</a></b><br>Observing the ordinance annually ensures that each generation understands and values their spiritual heritage and God's role in their history.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ_as_our_passover.htm">Christ as Our Passover</a></b><br>For Christians, the Passover foreshadows Christ's sacrifice. Just as the Israelites were delivered from physical bondage, believers are delivered from sin through Jesus.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_exodus_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Exodus 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_happens_in_exodus.htm">What events occur in the biblical book of Exodus?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'baptized_into_moses'_mean.htm">In 1 Corinthians 10:2, what does it mean for the Israelites to be 'baptized into Moses,' and how does this align with historical accounts of their exodus?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_seek_advice_from_jethro_after_god.htm">Why would Moses need leadership advice from a non-Israelite (Exodus 18:13-26) after direct guidance from God elsewhere in Exodus?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_key_events_in_joshua's_life.htm">What are key events in Joshua's life?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/exodus/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">This ordinance</span>. The ordinance of unleavened bread. See <a href="/exodus/12-14.htm">Exodus 12:14, 24</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/exodus/13-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Therefore you shall keep</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֛</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šā·mar·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this</span><br /><span class="heb">הַזֹּ֖את</span> <span class="translit">(haz·zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">ordinance</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחֻקָּ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥuq·qāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2708.htm">Strong's 2708: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something prescribed, an enactment, statute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at the appointed time</span><br /><span class="heb">לְמוֹעֲדָ֑הּ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·mō·w·‘ă·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4150.htm">Strong's 4150: </a> </span><span class="str2">Appointed time, place, or meeting</span><br /><br /><span class="word">year</span><br /><span class="heb">מִיָּמִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(mî·yā·mîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">after year.</span><br /><span class="heb">יָמִֽימָה׃</span> <span class="translit">(yā·mî·māh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> </span><span class="str2">A day</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/exodus/13-10.htm">Exodus 13:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/exodus/13-10.htm">Exodus 13:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/exodus/13-10.htm">Exodus 13:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/exodus/13-10.htm">Exodus 13:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/exodus/13-10.htm">Exodus 13:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/exodus/13-10.htm">Exodus 13:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/exodus/13-10.htm">Exodus 13:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/exodus/13-10.htm">Exodus 13:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/exodus/13-10.htm">Exodus 13:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/exodus/13-10.htm">Exodus 13:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/exodus/13-10.htm">OT Law: Exodus 13:10 You shall therefore keep this ordinance (Exo. 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