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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 NIV</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><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="../">NIV</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 International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/exodus/13.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="sectionhead">Consecration of the Firstborn</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The <span class="name">Lord</span> said to Moses, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then Moses said to the people, “Commemorate this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery, because the <span class="name">Lord</span> brought you out of it with a mighty hand. Eat nothing containing yeast. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Today, in the month of Aviv, you are leaving. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>When the <span class="name">Lord</span> brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites and Jebusites—the land he swore to your ancestors to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you are to observe this ceremony in this month: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For seven days eat bread made without yeast and on the seventh day hold a festival to the <span class="name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Eat unleavened bread during those seven days; nothing with yeast in it is to be seen among you, nor shall any yeast be seen anywhere within your borders. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>On that day tell your son, ‘I do this because of what the <span class="name">Lord</span> did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that this law of the <span class="name">Lord</span> is to be on your lips. For the <span class="name">Lord</span> brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>You must keep this ordinance at the appointed time year after year.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“After the <span class="name">Lord</span> brings you into the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as he promised on oath to you and your ancestors, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>you are to give over to the <span class="name">Lord</span> the first offspring of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the <span class="name">Lord</span>. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Redeem with a lamb every firstborn donkey, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck. Redeem every firstborn among your sons.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“In days to come, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ say to him, ‘With a mighty hand the <span class="name">Lord</span> brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the <span class="name">Lord</span> killed the firstborn of both people and animals in Egypt. This is why I sacrifice to the <span class="name">Lord</span> the first male offspring of every womb and redeem each of my firstborn sons.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And it will be like a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead that the <span class="name">Lord</span> brought us out of Egypt with his mighty hand.”</p> <p class="sectionhead">Crossing the Sea</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the Philistine country, though that was shorter. For God said, “If they face war, 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 the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Or the Sea of Reeds">a</a></sup></span> The Israelites went up out of Egypt ready for battle.</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 because Joseph had made the Israelites swear an oath. He had said, “God will surely come to your aid, and then you must carry my bones up with you from this place.” <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="See Gen. 50:25.">b</a></sup></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>After leaving Sukkoth they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>By day the <span class="name">Lord</span> went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/exodus/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotebot">Or <i>the Sea of Reeds</i></span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotebot">See Gen. 50:25.</span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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