Exodus 13
New International Version
Consecration of the Firstborn
13 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Consecrate to me every firstborn male.(A) The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.”
3 Then Moses said to the people, “Commemorate this day, the day you came out of Egypt,(B) out of the land of slavery, because the Lord brought you out of it with a mighty hand.(C) Eat nothing containing yeast.(D) 4 Today, in the month of Aviv,(E) you are leaving. 5 When the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites,(F) Hittites, Amorites, Hivites and Jebusites(G)—the land he swore to your ancestors to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey(H)—you are to observe this ceremony(I) in this month: 6 For seven days eat bread made without yeast and on the seventh day hold a festival(J) to the Lord. 7 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. 8 On that day tell your son,(K) ‘I do this because of what the Lord did for me when I came out of Egypt.’ 9 This observance will be for you like a sign on your hand(L) and a reminder on your forehead(M) that this law of the Lord is to be on your lips. For the Lord brought you out of Egypt with his mighty hand.(N) 10 You must keep this ordinance(O) at the appointed time(P) year after year.
11 “After the Lord brings you into the land of the Canaanites(Q) and gives it to you, as he promised on oath(R) to you and your ancestors,(S) 12 you are to give over to the Lord the first offspring of every womb. All the firstborn males of your livestock belong to the Lord.(T) 13 Redeem with a lamb every firstborn donkey,(U) but if you do not redeem it, break its neck.(V) Redeem(W) every firstborn among your sons.(X)
14 “In days to come, when your son(Y) asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ say to him, ‘With a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.(Z) 15 When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, the Lord killed the firstborn of both people and animals in Egypt. This is why I sacrifice to the Lord the first male offspring of every womb and redeem each of my firstborn sons.’(AA) 16 And it will be like a sign on your hand and a symbol on your forehead(AB) that the Lord brought us out of Egypt with his mighty hand.”
Crossing the Sea
17 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.”(AC) 18 So God led(AD) the people around by the desert road toward the Red Sea.[a] The Israelites went up out of Egypt ready for battle.(AE)
19 Moses took the bones of Joseph(AF) 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.”[b](AG)
20 After leaving Sukkoth(AH) they camped at Etham on the edge of the desert.(AI) 21 By day the Lord went ahead(AJ) of them in a pillar of cloud(AK) 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. 22 Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left(AL) its place in front of the people.
Footnotes
- Exodus 13:18 Or the Sea of Reeds
- Exodus 13:19 See Gen. 50:25.
Exodus 13
BasisBijbel
De eerstgeboren mensen en dieren
13 De Heer zei tegen Mozes: 2 "Elke eerste zoon in een gezin in Israël is van Mij. Ook alle eerstgeboren dieren in Israël zijn van Mij. Ze zijn mijn eigendom."
3 Toen zei Mozes tegen het volk: "Voortaan moeten jullie deze dag vieren. Want op deze dag zijn jullie bevrijd uit de slavernij in Egypte. Want de Heer heeft jullie op een machtige manier uit Egypte gered. Daarom mogen jullie op deze dag niets eten waar gist in zit. 4 Vandaag vertrekken jullie, in de maand Abib. 5 De Heer gaat jullie nu brengen naar het land dat Hij aan jullie voorvaders Abraham, Izaäk en Jakob heeft beloofd. Nu wonen daar nog de Kanaänieten, Hetieten, Amorieten, Hevieten en Jebusieten. Het is een prachtig en vruchtbaar land. Als Hij jullie daar heeft gebracht, moeten jullie altijd deze feestdag in deze maand vieren. 6 Zeven dagen lang moeten jullie brood zonder gist eten. Op de zevende dag vieren jullie een feest voor de Heer. 7 Zeven dagen lang moeten jullie brood zonder gist eten. Er mag helemaal geen gegist brood gemaakt worden. In het hele land mag er in geen enkel huis gist aanwezig zijn.
8 Op die dag moeten jullie aan je oudste zoon uitleggen: 'Zo vieren we wat de Heer voor ons heeft gedaan toen we uit Egypte vertrokken.' 9 Jullie mogen nooit vergeten wat de Heer heeft gedaan. Het moet in je hart gebrand staan. Het moet zijn als een teken op je hand of op je voorhoofd. Iets wat jullie nooit zullen vergeten. Dan zullen jullie altijd blijven doen wat de Heer wil. Want de Heer heeft jullie op een machtige manier uit Egypte bevrijd. 10 Vier daarom elk jaar dit feest op deze bepaalde dag.
11 Nu gaat de Heer jullie naar het land van de Kanaänieten brengen, zoals Hij jullie en jullie voorvaders heeft gezworen. Hij zal dat land aan jullie geven. 12 Als jullie daar wonen, denk er dan aan dat alles wat het eerst geboren wordt, voor de Heer is. Elke eerste zoon in een gezin is voor de Heer. En elk eerste mannetjes-dier dat uit een vrouwtje geboren wordt, is voor de Heer. 13 Maar elk eerste mannelijk ezelsjong moeten jullie vrijkopen met een schaap of geit.[a] Als je het ezeltje niet vrijkoopt, moet je het de nek breken. En elke eerste zoon die jullie krijgen, moeten jullie vrijkopen. 14 Als je zoon je dan later vraagt: 'Waarom doen jullie dat?' dan moet je tegen hem zeggen: 'De Heer heeft ons op een machtige manier bevrijd uit de slavernij in Egypte. 15 De farao wilde ons niet laten gaan. Toen doodde de Heer in Egypte alle oudste zonen en alle eerstgeboren dieren. Daarom ben ik gewend om elk eerste mannetjes-dier dat uit een vrouwtje geboren wordt, aan de Heer te offeren. Maar elke eerste zoon in een gezin kopen we vrij. 16 Zo zullen jullie nooit vergeten wat de Heer heeft gedaan. Het moet in je hart gebrand staan. Het moet zijn als een teken op je hand of op je voorhoofd. Iets wat jullie nooit zullen vergeten. Want Hij heeft ons op een machtige manier uit Egypte bevrijd.' "
De Israëlieten bij de Rietzee
17 Toen de farao het volk had laten gaan, bracht God hen niet naar de weg langs de grote zee door het gebied van de Filistijnen. Die was wel het dichtstbij, maar God zei: "Als ze zien dat er strijd komt met de Filistijnen, krijgt het volk spijt. Dan willen ze naar Egypte terug." 18 Daarom liet God het volk omlopen, langs een andere weg. Dat was de weg door de woestijn naar de Rietzee. In slagorde vertrokken de Israëlieten uit Egypte. 19 Mozes nam het lichaam van Jozef mee.[b] Want Jozef had zijn broers laten zweren: 'Ik weet zeker dat God jullie hier op een dag vandaan zal halen. Zweer mij dat jullie mijn lichaam meenemen als jullie uit dit land vertrekken.'
20 Zo vertrokken ze uit Sukkot en zetten hun tentenkamp op in Etam, aan de rand van de woestijn. 21 De Heer ging voor hen uit. Overdag was Hij in een grote, hoge wolk om hen de weg te wijzen. 's Nachts was Hij in een wolk van vuur om hen te verlichten. Zo konden ze dag en nacht verder reizen. 22 Aldoor bleef overdag de grote, hoge wolk en 's nachts de wolk van vuur voor hen uit gaan. (lees verder)
Footnotes
- Exodus 13:13 Ezels hoorden volgens de wet van Mozes bij de 'onreine dieren'. Alleen dieren die herkauwen én gespleten hoeven hebben, waren rein en mochten dus gegeten worden. Lees hierover Deuteronomium 14:6. Ezels herkauwen niet en hebben geen gespleten hoeven. God wilde geen offer van een onrein dier. Daarom moest het omgeruild worden voor een dier dat wél rein is.
- Exodus 13:19 Jozef, één van de zonen van Jakob, was lang geleden onderkoning van Egypte geweest. Lees Genesis 41:40 en 41. Hij wist dat zijn volk ooit weer uit Egypte zou vertrekken. Lees Genesis 50:24-26.
Exodus 13
King James Version
13 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 Sanctify unto me all the firstborn, whatsoever openeth the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and of beast: it is mine.
3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the Lord brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
4 This day came ye out in the month Abib.
5 And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.
6 Seven days thou shalt eat unleavened bread, and in the seventh day shall be a feast to the Lord.
7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days; and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, neither shall there be leaven seen with thee in all thy quarters.
8 And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt.
9 And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord's law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.
10 Thou shalt therefore keep this ordinance in his season from year to year.
11 And it shall be when the Lord shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, as he sware unto thee and to thy fathers, and shall give it thee,
12 That thou shalt set apart unto the Lord all that openeth the matrix, and every firstling that cometh of a beast which thou hast; the males shall be the Lord's.
13 And every firstling of an ass thou shalt redeem with a lamb; and if thou wilt not redeem it, then thou shalt break his neck: and all the firstborn of man among thy children shalt thou redeem.
14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the Lord brought us out from Egypt, from the house of bondage:
15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that the Lord slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all that openeth the matrix, being males; but all the firstborn of my children I redeem.
16 And it shall be for a token upon thine hand, and for frontlets between thine eyes: for by strength of hand the Lord brought us forth out of Egypt.
17 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
18 But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had straitly sworn the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you; and ye shall carry up my bones away hence with you.
20 And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the edge of the wilderness.
21 And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:
22 He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
Exodus 13
New King James Version
The Firstborn Consecrated
13 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 (A)“Consecrate[a] to Me all the firstborn, whatever opens the womb among the children of Israel, both of man and beast; it is Mine.”
The Feast of Unleavened Bread(B)
3 And Moses said to the people: (C)“Remember this day in which you went out of Egypt, out of the house of [b]bondage; for (D)by strength of hand the Lord brought you out of this place. (E)No leavened bread shall be eaten. 4 (F)On this day you are going out, in the month Abib. 5 And it shall be, when the Lord (G)brings you into the (H)land of the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Amorites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, which He (I)swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, (J)that you shall keep this service in this month. 6 (K)Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a feast to the Lord. 7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days. And (L)no leavened bread shall be seen among you, nor shall leaven be seen among you in all your quarters. 8 And you shall (M)tell your son in that day, saying, ‘This is done because of what the Lord did for me when I came up from Egypt.’ 9 It shall be as (N)a sign to you on your hand and as a memorial between your eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in your mouth; for with a strong hand the Lord has brought you out of Egypt. 10 (O)You shall therefore keep this [c]ordinance in its season from year to year.
The Law of the Firstborn
11 “And it shall be, when the Lord (P)brings you into the land of the (Q)Canaanites, as He swore to you and your fathers, and gives it to you, 12 (R)that you shall [d]set apart to the Lord all that open the womb, that is, every firstborn that comes from an animal which you have; the males shall be the Lord’s. 13 But (S)every firstborn of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb; and if you will not redeem it, then you shall break its neck. And all the firstborn of man among your sons (T)you shall redeem. 14 (U)So it shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall say to him, (V)‘By strength of hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. 15 And it came to pass, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that (W)the Lord killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore I sacrifice to the Lord all males that open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’ 16 It shall be as (X)a sign on your hand and as frontlets between your eyes, for by strength of hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.”
The Wilderness Way(Y)
17 Then it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, “Lest perhaps the people (Z)change their minds when they see war, and (AA)return to Egypt.” 18 So God (AB)led the people around by way of the wilderness of the Red Sea. And the children of Israel went up in orderly ranks out of the land of Egypt.
19 And Moses took the (AC)bones of (AD)Joseph with him, for he had placed the children of Israel under solemn oath, saying, (AE)“God will surely [e]visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here with you.”
20 So (AF)they took their journey from (AG)Succoth and camped in Etham at the edge of the wilderness. 21 And (AH)the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so as to go by day and night. 22 He did not take away the pillar of cloud by day or the pillar of fire by night from before the people.
Footnotes
- Exodus 13:2 Set apart
- Exodus 13:3 Lit. slaves
- Exodus 13:10 regulation
- Exodus 13:12 Lit. cause to pass over
- Exodus 13:19 give attention to
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