Exodus 13

vayedabber Adonai el-mosheh lemor

GOD spoke further to Moses, saying,

qaddesh-li khol-bekhor peter kol-rekhem bivne yisra'el ba'adam uvabbehemah li hu

“Consecrate to Me every male first-born; human and animal, the first [male] issue of every womb among the Israelites is Mine.”

vayyomer mosheh el-ha'am zakhor et-hayyom hazzeh asher yetsatem mimmitsrayim mibbet avadim ki bekhozeq yad hotsi Adonai etkhem mizzeh velo ye'akhel khamets

And Moses said to the people, “Remember this day, on which you went free from Egypt, the house of bondage, how GOD freed you from it with a mighty hand: no leavened bread shall be eaten.

hayyom attem yotse'im bekhodesh ha'aviv

You go free on this day, in the month of Abib.

vehayah khi-yevi'akha Adonai el-erets hakkena'ani vehakhitti veha'emori vehakhivvi vehayevusi asher nishba la'avotekha latet lakh erets zavat khalav udevash ve'avadta et-ha'avodah hazzot bakhodesh hazzeh

So, when GOD has brought you into the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which was sworn to your fathers to be given you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you shall observe in this month the following practice:

shivat yamim tokhal matsot uvayyom hashevi'i khag la-Adonai

“Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a festival of GOD.

matsot ye'akhel et shivat hayyamim velo-yera'eh lekha khamets velo-yera'eh lekha se'or bekhol-gevulekha

Throughout the seven days unleavened bread shall be eaten; no leavened bread shall be found with you, and no leaven shall be found in all your territory.

vehiggadta levinkha bayyom hahu lemor ba'avur zeh asah Adonai li betseti mimmitsrayim

And you shall explain to your child on that day, ‘It is because of what GOD did for me when I went free from Egypt.’

vehayah lekha le'ot al-yadekha ulezikkaron ben enekha lema'an tihyeh torat Adonai befikha ki beyad khazaqah hotsi'akha Adonai mimmitsrayim

“And this shall serve you as a sign on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead—in order that GOD’s Teaching may be in your mouth—that with a mighty hand GOD freed you from Egypt.

veshamarta et-hakhuqqah hazzot lemo'adah miyyamim yamimah

You shall keep this institution at its set time from year to year.

vehayah ki-yevi'akha Adonai el-erets hakkena'ani ka'asher nishba lekha vela'avotekha unetanah lakh

“And when GOD has brought you into the land of the Canaanites, as was sworn to you and to your fathers, and has given it to you,

veha'avarta khol-peter-rekhem la-Adonai vekhol-peter sheger behemah asher yihyeh lekha hazzekharim la-Adonai

you shall set apart for GOD every first issue of the womb: every male firstling that your cattle drop shall be GOD’s.

vekhol-peter khamor tifdeh veseh ve'im-lo tifdeh va'arafto vekhol bekhor adam bevanekha tifdeh

But every firstling donkey you shall redeem with a sheep; if you do not redeem it, you must break its neck. And you must redeem every male first-born among your children.

vehayah ki-yishalekha vinkha makhar lemor mah-zzot ve'amarta elayw bekhozeq yad hotsi'anu Adonai mimmitsrayim mibbet avadim

And when, in time to come, a child of yours asks you, saying, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall reply, ‘It was with a mighty hand that GOD brought us out from Egypt, the house of bondage.

vayehi ki-hiqshah faroh leshallekhenu vayyaharog Adonai kol-bekhor be'erets mitsrayim mibbekhor adam ve'ad-bekhor behemah al-ken ani zoveakh la-Adonai kol-peter rekhem hazzekharim vekhol-bekhor banay efdeh

When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, GOD slew every [male] first-born in the land of Egypt, the first-born of both human and animal. Therefore I sacrifice to GOD every first male issue of the womb, but redeem every male first-born among my children.’

vehayah le'ot al-yadekhah uletotafot ben enekha ki bekhozeq yad hotsi'anu Adonai mimmitsrayim

“And so it shall be as a sign upon your hand and as a symbol on your forehead that with a mighty hand GOD freed us from Egypt.”

vayehi beshallakh paroh et-ha'am velo-nakham elohim derekh erets pelishtim ki qarov hu ki amar elohim pen-yinnakhem ha'am birotam milkhamah veshavu mitsrayemah

Now when Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although it was nearer; for God said, “The people may have a change of heart when they see war, and return to Egypt.”

vayyassev elohim et-ha'am derekh hammidbar yam-suf vakhamushim alu vene-yisra'el me'erets mitsrayim

So God led the people round about, by way of the wilderness at the Sea of Reeds. Now the Israelites went up armed out of the land of Egypt.

vayyiqqakh mosheh et-atsmot yosef immo ki hashbea hishbia et-bene yisra'el lemor paqod yifqod elohim etkhem veha'alitem et-atsmotay mizzeh ittekhem

And Moses took with him the bones of Joseph, who had exacted an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will be sure to take notice of you: then you shall carry up my bones from here with you.”

vayyisu missukkot vayyakhanu ve'etam biqtseh hammidbar

They set out from Succoth, and encamped at Etham, at the edge of the wilderness.

va-Adonai holekh lifnehem yomam be'ammud anan lankhotam hadderekh velaylah be'ammud esh leha'ir lahem lalekhet yomam valayelah

GOD went before them in a pillar of cloud by day, to guide them along the way, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light, that they might travel day and night.

lo-yamish ammud he'anan yomam ve'ammud ha'esh layelah lifne ha'am

The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people.