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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.
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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.
(NT church ... our "unleavened bread" is the pure word of God ... no additives from the flesh of man.)
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.
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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.
(NT church ... and by strength of HIS hand God caused us to be born again and changed from the world where we once lived.)
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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.
(God fixed it for them so there was no way for them to go but forward... they could not go back.)
19 And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him:for
he (Joseph) 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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And they took their journey from Succoth, and encamped in Etham, in the
edge of the wilderness. 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:22 He took not away the
pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from
before the people.
(God leads us today by HIS Word given by the Holy Spirit of God dwelling in us. That word is a cloud, to stop us, and a fire to cause us to go forward.)