Good News Translation GNT
New International Version NIV
1 The Lord said to Moses,
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The LORD said to Moses,
2 "Dedicate all the first-born males to me, for every first-born male Israelite and every first-born male animal belongs to me."
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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 Moses said to the people, "Remember this day - the day on which you left Egypt, the place where you were slaves. This is the day the Lord brought you out by his great power. No leavened bread is to be eaten.
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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 You are leaving Egypt on this day in the first month, the month of Abib.
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Today, in the month of Aviv, you are leaving.
5 The Lord solemnly promised your ancestors to give you the land of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Amorites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. When he brings you into that rich and fertile land, you must celebrate this festival in the first month of every year.
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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 and on the seventh day there is to be a festival to honor the Lord.
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For seven days eat bread made without yeast and on the seventh day hold a festival to the LORD.
7 For seven days you must not eat any bread made with yeast; there must be no yeast or leavened bread anywhere in your land.
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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 When the festival begins, explain to your sons that you do all this because of what the Lord did for you when you 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.’
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
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