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Exodus 13:14

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14 "1And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What is this?' then you shall say to him, '2With a powerful hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
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Exodus 13:14 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 13:14

And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come
Or "on the morrow" F8, the day following such a separation of the firstborn of clean creatures, or such a redemption of the firstborn of unclean ones, and of man, or in any later time: saying, what is this?
what is the meaning of this? for what reason are such things done? that thou shall say unto him, by strength of hand the Lord brought us
out of Egypt from the house of bondage:
by laying his mighty hand upon the firstborn of Egypt, and destroying them, which made the king of Egypt, and his people, willing to let Israel go; (See Gill on Exodus 13:3).

FOOTNOTES:

F8 (rxm) "eras", Pagninus, Montanus, Tiguriue version.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Exodus 13:14 In-Context

12 you shall devote to the LORD the first offspring of every womb, and the first offspring of every beast that you own; the males belong to the LORD .
13 "But every first offspring of a donkey you shall redeem with a lamb, but if you do not redeem it, then you shall break its neck; and every firstborn of man among your sons you shall redeem.
14 "And it shall be when your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What is this?' then you shall say to him, 'With a powerful hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, from the house of slavery.
15 'It came about, when Pharaoh was stubborn about letting us go, that the LORD killed every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man and the firstborn of beast. Therefore , I sacrifice to the LORD the males, the first offspring of every womb, but every firstborn of my sons I redeem.'
16 "So it shall serve as a sign on your hand and as phylacteries on your forehead , for with a powerful hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt."

Cross References 2

  • 1. Exodus 10:2; Exodus 12:26, 27; Exodus 13:8; Deuteronomy 6:20; Joshua 4:6, 21
  • 2. Exodus 13:3, 9

Footnotes 2

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