Daily Meditation
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:
Today’s Reading
Exodus
Chapter 13
And they took their
journey from Succoth
1 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.
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