שמות י״ג:ד׳

GOD spoke further to Moses, saying, “Consecrate to Me every male first-born; human and animal, the first [male] issue of every womb among the Israelites is Mine.” And Moses said to the people,
“Remember this day, on which you went free from Egypt, the house of bondage, how GOD freed you from it with a mighty hand: no leavened bread shall be eaten. You go free on this day, in the month^ain the month Or “on the new moon.” of Abib. So, when GOD has brought you into the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which was sworn to your fathers^bfathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; see Gen. 24.7; 26.3; 50.24; Deut. 1.8. to be given you, a land flowing with milk and honey, you shall observe in this month the following practice: “Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, and on the seventh day there shall be a festival of GOD. Throughout the seven days unleavened bread shall be eaten; no leavened bread shall be found with you, and no leaven shall be found in all your territory. And you shall explain to your child on that day, ‘It is because of what GOD did for me when I went free from Egypt.’ “And this shall serve you as a sign on your hand and as a reminder on your forehead^con your forehead Lit. “between your eyes”; cf. Deut. 6.8.—in order that GOD’s Teaching may be in your mouth—that with a mighty hand GOD freed you from Egypt. You shall keep this institution at its set time from year to year. “And when GOD has brought you into the land of the Canaanites, as was sworn to you and to your fathers,^dfathers See note at v. 5. and has given it to you, you shall set apart for GOD every first issue of the womb: every male firstling that your cattle drop shall be GOD’s. But every firstling donkey you shall redeem with a sheep; if you do not redeem it, you must break its neck. And you must redeem every male first-born among your children. And when, in time to come, a child of yours asks you, saying, ‘What does this mean?’ you shall reply, ‘It was with a mighty hand that GOD brought us out from Egypt, the house of bondage. When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, GOD slew every [male] first-born in the land of Egypt, the first-born of both human and animal. Therefore I sacrifice to GOD every first male issue of the womb, but redeem every male first-born among my children.’ “And so it shall be as a sign upon your hand and as a symbol^esymbol In contrast to others “frontlet.” on your forehead that with a mighty hand GOD freed us from Egypt.” Now when Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them by way of the land of the Philistines, although it was nearer; for God said, “The people may have a change of heart when they see war, and return to Egypt.” So God led the people round about, by way of the wilderness at the Sea of Reeds.
Now the Israelites went up armed^farmed Meaning of Heb. ḥamushim uncertain. out of the land of Egypt. And Moses took with him the bones of Joseph, who had exacted an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will be sure to take notice of you: then you shall carry up my bones from here with you.” They set out from Succoth, and encamped at Etham, at the edge of the wilderness. GOD went before them in a pillar of cloud by day, to guide them along the way, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light, that they might travel day and night. The pillar of cloud by day and the pillar of fire by night did not depart from before the people.