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18 (A) Don't fail to observe the Festival of Thin Bread in the month of Abib.[a] Obey me and eat bread without yeast for seven days during Abib, because that is the month you left Egypt.

19 (B) The first-born males of your families and of your flocks and herds belong to me.

20 (C) You can save the life of a first-born donkey[b] by sacrificing a lamb; if you don't, you must break the donkey's neck. You must save every first-born son.

Bring an offering every time you come to worship.

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Footnotes

  1. 34.18 Abib: See the note at 12.2.
  2. 34.20 donkey: See the note at 13.13.

18 “Celebrate the Festival of Unleavened Bread.(A) For seven days eat bread made without yeast,(B) as I commanded you. Do this at the appointed time in the month of Aviv,(C) for in that month you came out of Egypt.

19 “The first offspring(D) of every womb belongs to me, including all the firstborn males of your livestock, whether from herd or flock. 20 Redeem the firstborn donkey with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, break its neck.(E) Redeem all your firstborn sons.(F)

“No one is to appear before me empty-handed.(G)

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