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Éxodo 13
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Éxodo 13
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Consagración de los primogénitos israelitas
13 El Señor habló con Moisés y le dijo: 2 «Conságrame el primogénito de todo vientre. Míos son todos los primogénitos israelitas y todos los primeros machos de sus animales».
3 Moisés dijo al pueblo: «Acuérdense de este día en que salen de Egipto, país donde han sido esclavos y de donde el Señor los saca desplegando su poder. No coman pan con levadura. 4 Ustedes salen hoy, en el mes de aviv, 5 y en este mismo mes deberán celebrar esta ceremonia, cuando ya el Señor los haya hecho entrar en la tierra que prometió dar a los antepasados de ustedes. Se trata de la tierra de los cananeos, hititas, amorreos, heveos y jebuseos: tierra donde abundan la leche y la miel. 6 Durante siete días comerán pan sin levadura, y el día séptimo celebrarán una fiesta en honor al Señor. 7 En ningún lugar de su territorio debe haber nada que contenga levadura. Ni siquiera habrá levadura entre ustedes. Comerán pan sin levadura durante esos siete días.
8 »Ese día ustedes dirán a sus hijos: “Esto lo hacemos por lo que hizo el Señor por nosotros cuando salimos de Egipto”. 9 Y será para ustedes como una marca distintiva en la mano o en la frente, que les hará recordar que esta instrucción del Señor debe estar en sus labios, porque el Señor los sacó de Egipto con su poderosa mano. 10 Año tras año, en la misma fecha, cumplirán con este estatuto.
11 »Una vez que el Señor los haga entrar en la tierra de los cananeos y se la haya dado, conforme a la promesa que hizo a ustedes y a sus antepasados, 12 dedicarán al Señor el primogénito de todo vientre, y todo primer macho de su ganado, pues estos pertenecen al Señor. 13 El primogénito de una asna podrá ser rescatado a cambio de un cordero; pero si no se rescata, se le romperá el cuello. Todos los primogénitos de ustedes o de sus descendientes deberán ser rescatados.
14 »El día de mañana, cuando sus hijos pregunten: “¿Y esto qué significa?”, ustedes responderán: “El Señor, desplegando su poder, nos sacó de Egipto, país donde fuimos esclavos. 15 Cuando el faraón se empeñó en no dejarnos ir, el Señor quitó la vida a todos los primogénitos de Egipto, tanto de hombres como de animales. Por eso ofrecemos al Señor en sacrificio el primer macho que nace y rescatamos a nuestros primogénitos”. 16 Esto será para ustedes como una marca distintiva, en la mano o en la frente, de que el Señor nos sacó de Egipto desplegando su poder».
El paso del mar Rojo
17 Cuando el faraón dejó salir a los israelitas, Dios no los llevó por el camino que atraviesa la tierra de los filisteos, que era el más corto, pues pensó: «Si se les presentara batalla, podrían cambiar de idea y regresar a Egipto». 18 Por eso les hizo dar un rodeo por el camino del desierto, en dirección al mar Rojo.
Los israelitas salieron de Egipto en formación de combate.
19 Moisés se llevó consigo los restos de José, según este se lo había pedido a los israelitas bajo juramento. Estas habían sido las palabras de José: «Sin duda Dios vendrá a ayudarlos. Cuando esto ocurra, ustedes deberán llevarse de aquí mis huesos».
20 Los israelitas partieron de Sucot y acamparon en Etam, donde comienza el desierto. 21 De día, el Señor iba al frente de ellos en una columna de nube para indicarles el camino; de noche, los alumbraba con una columna de fuego. De ese modo, podían viajar de día y de noche. 22 Jamás la columna de nube dejaba de guiar al pueblo durante el día ni la columna de fuego durante la noche.
Exodus 13
GOD’S WORD Translation
Exodus 13
GOD’S WORD Translation
13 The Lord spoke to Moses, 2 “Set apart every firstborn male for me. Every firstborn male offspring among the Israelites is mine, whether human or animal.”
3 Then Moses said to the people, “Remember this day—the day when you left Egypt, the land of slavery. The Lord used his mighty hand to bring you out of there. Don’t eat anything made with yeast. 4 Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving Egypt. 5 The Lord swore to your ancestors that he would give you the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites. When he brings you into that land flowing with milk and honey, you must observe this ceremony in this month.
6 “For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. The seventh day will be a pilgrimage festival in the Lord’s honor. 7 Only unleavened bread should be eaten during these seven days. No sourdough or yeast should be seen anywhere in your territory. 8 On that day tell your children, ‘We do this because of what the Lord did for us when we left Egypt.’ 9 This ⌞festival⌟ will be ⌞like⌟ a mark on your hand or a reminder on your forehead that the teachings of the Lord are ⌞always⌟ to be a part of your conversation. Because the Lord used his mighty hand to bring you out of Egypt, 10 you must follow these rules every year at this time.
Rules Concerning the Firstborn Child
11 “When the Lord brings you to the land of the Canaanites and gives it to you, as he swore to you and your ancestors, 12 sacrifice every firstborn male offspring to the Lord. The firstborn male offspring of each of your animals belongs to the Lord. 13 It will cost you a sheep or a goat to buy any firstborn donkey back from the Lord. If you don’t buy it back, then you must break the donkey’s neck. You must also buy every firstborn son back from the Lord.
14 “In the future when your children ask you what this means, tell them, ‘The Lord used his mighty hand to bring us out of slavery in Egypt. 15 When Pharaoh was too stubborn to let us go, the Lord killed every firstborn male in Egypt—human and animal. This is why we sacrifice every firstborn male to the Lord and buy every firstborn son back from the Lord.’ 16 So this ⌞festival⌟ will be ⌞like⌟ a mark on your hand and ⌞like⌟ a band on your forehead, because the Lord used his mighty hand to bring us out of Egypt.”
God Leads the People out of Egypt
17 When Pharaoh let the people go, God didn’t lead them on the road through Philistine territory, although that was the shortest route. God said, “If they see that they have to fight a war, they may change their minds and go back to Egypt.” 18 So God led the people around the other way, on the road through the desert toward the Red Sea. The Israelites were ready for battle when they left Egypt.
19 Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, because Joseph had made the Israelites solemnly swear to do this. Joseph had said, “God will definitely come to help you. When he does, take my bones with you.”
20 They moved from Succoth and camped at Etham, on the edge of the desert. 21 By day the Lord went ahead of them in a column of smoke to lead them on their way. By night he went ahead of them in a column of fire to give them light so that they could travel by day or by night. 22 The column of smoke was always in front of the people during the day. The column of fire was always there at night.
Exodus 13
1599 Geneva Bible
Exodus 13
1599 Geneva Bible
13 The firstborn are offered to God. 3 The memorial of their deliverance. 6 The institution of the Passover. 8, 14 An exhortation to teach their children to remember this deliverance. 17 Why they are led by the wilderness. 19 The bones of Joseph. 21 The pillar of the cloud and of the fire.
1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
2 (A)Sanctify unto me all the firstborn: that is, every one that first openeth the womb among the children of Israel, as well of man as of beast: for it is mine.
3 ¶ Then Moses said unto the people, (B)Remember this day in the which ye came out of Egypt, out of the [a]house of [b]bondage: for by a mighty hand the Lord brought you out from thence: therefore no leavened bread shall be [c]eaten.
4 This day come ye out in the month of [d]Abib.
5 ¶ Now when the Lord hath brought thee into the land of the Canaanites, and Hittites, and Amorites, and Hivites, and Jebusites, (which he sware unto thy fathers, that he would give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey) then thou shalt keep this service in this month.
6 Seven days shalt thou eat unleavened bread, and the [e]seventh day shall be the feast of the Lord.
7 Unleavened bread shall be eaten seven days, and there shall no leavened bread be seen with thee, nor yet leaven be seen with thee in all thy quarters.
8 ¶ And thou shalt show thy son [f]in that day, saying, This is done, because of that which the Lord did unto me, when I came out of Egypt.
9 And it shall be a sign unto thee [g]upon thine hand, and for a remembrance between thine eyes, that the Law of the Lord may be in thy mouth: for by a strong hand the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.
10 Keep therefore this ordinance in his season appointed from year to year.
11 ¶ And 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 (C)Then shalt thou set apart unto the Lord all that first openeth the womb: also everything that first doth open the womb, and cometh forth of thy beast: the males shall be the Lord’s.
13 But every [h]first foal of an [i]ass, thou shalt redeem with a lamb: and if thou redeem him not, then shalt thou break his neck: likewise also the firstborn of man among thy sons shalt thou [j]buy out.
14 ¶ And when thy son shall ask thee [k]tomorrow, saying, What is this? thou shalt then say unto him, With a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
15 For when Pharaoh was hard hearted against our departing, the Lord then slew all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of man even to the firstborn of beast: therefore I sacrifice unto the Lord all the males that first open the womb, but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.
16 And it shall be as a token upon thine hand, and as [l]frontlets between thine eyes, that the Lord brought us out of Egypt by a mighty hand.
17 ¶ Now when Pharaoh had let the people go, God carried them not by the way of the Philistines’ country, [m]though it were nearer: (for God said, Lest the people repent when they [n]see war, and turn again to Egypt).
18 But God made the people to go about by the way of the wilderness of the red sea: and the children of Israel went up [o]armed out of the land of Egypt.
19 (And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him: for he had made the children of Israel swear, saying, (D)God will surely visit you, and ye shall take my bones away hence with you.)
20 ¶ (E)So they took their journey from Succoth, and camped in Etham in the edge of the wilderness.
21 (F)And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a [p]cloud to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might go both by day and by night.
22 (G)He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night from before the people.
Footnotes
- Exodus 13:3 Hebrew, house of servants.
- Exodus 13:3 Where they were in most cruel slavery.
- Exodus 13:3 To signify that they had not leisure to leaven their bread.
- Exodus 13:4 Containing part of March and part of April, when corn began to ripe in that country.
- Exodus 13:6 Both the seventh and the first day were holy, as Exod. 12:16.
- Exodus 13:8 When thou dost celebrate the feast of unleavened bread.
- Exodus 13:9 Thou shalt have continual remembrance thereof, as thou wouldest of a thing that is in thine hand, or before thine eyes.
- Exodus 13:13 Hebrew, that first cometh forth.
- Exodus 13:13 This is also understood of the horse and other beasts which were not offered in sacrifice.
- Exodus 13:13 By offering a clean beast in sacrifice, Lev. 12:6.
- Exodus 13:14 Or, hereafterwards.
- Exodus 13:16 Or, signs of remembrance.
- Exodus 13:17 Or, because.
- Exodus 13:17 Which the Philistines would have made against them by stopping them the passage.
- Exodus 13:18 That is, not privily, but openly and as the word doth signify, set in order by five and five.
- Exodus 13:21 To defend them from the heat of the sun.
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