Twenty-two verses set the firstborn apart, prescribe seven days of unleavened bread, and send Israel toward the Red Sea behind a pillar of cloud and fire.
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Lyrics
The LORD spoke to Moses, saying Sanctify to me all the firstborn Whatever opens the womb amongst the children of Israel Both of man and of animal, it is mine
Moses said to the people Remember this day, in which you came out of Egypt Out of the house of bondage For by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place
No leavened bread shall be eaten Today you go out in the month Abib It shall be, when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanite And the Hittite and the Amorite and the Hivite and the Jebusite
Which he swore to your fathers to give you A land flowing with milk and honey You shall keep this service in this month
Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread And in the seventh day shall be a feast to the LORD Unleavened bread shall be eaten throughout the seven days This is a sign on your hand, a memorial between your eyes
You shall tell your son in that day, saying It is because of that which the LORD did for me When I came out of Egypt The LORD’s law may be in your mouth
For with a strong hand the LORD has brought you out of Egypt You shall therefore keep this ordinance in its season from year to year When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanite As he swore to you and to your fathers
You shall set apart to the LORD all that opens the womb And every firstborn that comes from an animal which you have The males shall be the LORD’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 You shall redeem all the firstborn of man amongst your sons When Pharaoh had let the people go God didn’t lead them by the way of the land of the Philistines
God led the people around by the way of the wilderness By the Red Sea, the children of Israel went up armed out of Egypt Moses took the bones of Joseph with him For he had made the children of Israel swear
God will surely visit you and you shall carry up my bones away from here The LORD went before them by day in a pillar of cloud To lead them on their way And by night in a pillar of fire to give them light
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