GOD'S WORD Translation GW
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1 The LORD spoke to Moses,
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The LORD said to Moses,
2 "Set apart every firstborn male for me. Every firstborn male offspring among the Israelites is mine, whether human or animal."
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“Consecrate to me every firstborn male. The first offspring of every womb among the Israelites belongs to me, whether human or animal.”
3 Then Moses said to the people, "Remember this day--the day when you left Egypt, the land of slavery. The LORD used his mighty hand to bring you out of there. Don't eat anything made with yeast.
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Then Moses said to the people, “Commemorate this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery, because the LORD brought you out of it with a mighty hand. Eat nothing containing yeast.
4 Today, in the month of Abib, you are leaving Egypt.
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Today, in the month of Aviv, you are leaving.
5 The LORD swore to your ancestors that he would give you the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites. When he brings you into that land flowing with milk and honey, you must observe this ceremony in this month.
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When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites and Jebusites—the land he swore to your ancestors to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you are to observe this ceremony in this month:
6 "For seven days you must eat unleavened bread. The seventh day will be a pilgrimage festival in the LORD's honor.
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For seven days eat bread made without yeast and on the seventh day hold a festival to the LORD.
7 Only unleavened bread should be eaten during these seven days. No sourdough or yeast should be seen anywhere in your territory.
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Eat unleavened bread during those seven days; nothing with yeast in it is to be seen among you, nor shall any yeast be seen anywhere within your borders.
8 On that day tell your children, 'We do this because of what the LORD did for us when we left Egypt.'
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On that day tell your son, ‘I do this because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
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