Exodus 13:11-16
11 “Now when (A)the Lord brings you to the land of the Canaanite, as (B)He swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you,
12 (C)you shall (a)devote to the Lord the first (b)offspring of every womb, and (c)the first offspring of every beast that you own; the males belong to the Lord.
13 But (D)every first (d)offspring of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and (E)every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.
14 (F)And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ then you shall say to him, ‘(G)With a (e)powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, from the house of (f)slavery.
15 It came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the (H)Lord killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore, I sacrifice to the Lord the males, the first (g)offspring of every womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.’
16 So (I)it shall (h)serve as a sign on your hand and as (i)phylacteries (j)on your forehead, for with a (k)powerful hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt.”
Footnotes:
a.
Exodus 13:12: ['Lit ', cause to pass over]
b.
Exodus 13:12: ['Lit ', opening]
c.
Exodus 13:12: ['Lit ', every issue the offspring of a beast]
d.
Exodus 13:13: ['Lit ', opening]
e.
Exodus 13:14: ['Lit ', strength of hand]
f.
Exodus 13:14: ['Lit ', slaves]
g.
Exodus 13:15: ['Lit ', opening]
h.
Exodus 13:16: ['Lit ', be for]
i.
Exodus 13:16: ['Or ', frontlet-bands]
j.
Exodus 13:16: ['Lit ', between your eyes]
k.
Exodus 13:16: ['Lit ', strength of hand]
Cross references:
C.
Exodus 13:12:
Exodus 13:1; Exodus 13:2; Exodus 22:29; Exodus 34:19; Leviticus 27:26; Numbers 18:15; Ezekiel 44:30; Luke 2:23